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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Schist Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained strongly foliated. Granoblastic grading into porphyrob- lastic, with mineral segregation banding usually present. Individual miner...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Malachite Cu2 (CO3) (OH)2 Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Rarely in distinct crystals; usually prismatic or fine acicular. Commonly in radiating fibers forming botryoidal or stalactitic masses. Also granular...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hematite Fe2 O Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32/m. Crystals thick to thin tabular on {0001}; more rarely rhombohe- dral. Also micaceous to platy, botryoidal to reniform, and commonly earthy. Physical Properti...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Galena Pb S Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Commonly cubic, sometimes truncated by the octahedron; rarely decahedral and trisoctahedral. Also massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfec...

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