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phosphates Flashcards

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apatite formula

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basta naay Ca

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apatite crystal form

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  • hexagonal
  • long prismatic, short prismatic
  • massive granular to compact
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apatite cleavage

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basal poor

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apatite hardness

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5

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apatite specific gravity

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3.15 to 3.20

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apatite color

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vitreous to subresinous. transparent to translucent. brown green, colorless, blue violet

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apatite occurrence

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widely distributed
- pematites
- hydrothermal veins
- bones and teeth
- fine grained to micro secondary minerals
- coarse in limestone and marble
- cryptocrystalline collophane in phosphorite / phosphate rocks

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apatite remarks

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hexagonal, color, inferior hardness

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amblygonite formula

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basta naay Li

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amblygonite crystal form

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  • triclinic
  • coarse cleavable masses
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amblygonite cleavage

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100 perfect

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amblygonite hardness

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6

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amblygonite specific gravity

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3 to 3.1

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amblygonite color

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vitreous, pearly on 100, translucent. white, blue, rare yellow, pale green

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amblygonite occurrence

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lithium bearing granite pegmatites

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amblygonite remarks

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  • red flame test
  • less perfect cleavage with albite and higher specific gravity
17
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turquoise formula

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basta naay Cu

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turquoise crystal form

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  • rarely triclinic crystals
  • massive compact
  • reniform, stalactitic
  • disseminated, incrustations and thin seams
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turquoise cleavage

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basal perfect

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turquoise hardness

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turquoise specific gravity

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turquoise color

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waxlike. blue buish green green

23
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turquoise occurrence

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  • stringers in decomposing volcanic rocks in arid regions
  • secondary mineral in small veins
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turquoise remarks

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  • color
  • harder than chrysocolla
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