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Rock Forming Minerals

The document discusses different types of rock-forming minerals. It identifies three main types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Several common rock-forming minerals are then described in more detail over multiple pages, including their chemical composition, physical properties, common uses, and which rock types they are typically found in. Web sites with additional mineral information are listed at the end.

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Rock Forming Minerals

The document discusses different types of rock-forming minerals. It identifies three main types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Several common rock-forming minerals are then described in more detail over multiple pages, including their chemical composition, physical properties, common uses, and which rock types they are typically found in. Web sites with additional mineral information are listed at the end.

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Rock Forming

Minerals

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Ther e ar e 3 t ypes of rocks


sedimentary

igneous metamorphic

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Quartz SiO2
ha r dnes s ( 7) c onc hoi dal f r ac t ur e c l ear t o w hi t e us ed as a gem s t one, m or t ar , s c i ent i f i c appar at us , el ec t r oni c i ndus t r y

South Carolina Sand

important: metamorphic, igneous sedimentary

crystal

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Feldspar Group
(Na,K,Ca)(Al)Si2 O8
cleavage hardness (<7) white to pink ceramics, ornamental

microcline

important: igneous , metamorphic , sedimentary (clastic)

albite

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Amphibole Group
Tremolite

Ca (Mg,Fe,Al) (Al,Si)8 O22 (OH)2 5 2


c leavage (56o and 124o ) green to black some forms are used as asbes tos

important: igneous, metamorphic (hornblende most common)


Actinolite

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Pyroxene Group
(Mg,Fe)2 SiO (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Al,Si) O 2 6 4
cleavage (87 o and 93o) short prisms dark used as specimens, some gemstones important: igneous , metamorphic (augite most common)

hedenbergite

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Mica Group
K(Fe,Mg,Al)3 AlSi3 O10 (F,OH) 2
perfect cleavage thin sheets flexible clear to black used in electrical, fireproofing, lubricant, wall paper

muscovite

important: metamorphic, igneous accessory: sedimentary


lepidolite

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Olivine (Mg,Fe)2 SiO 4


green conchoidal fracture vitreous look some used as a gem, abrasives.

important: igneous

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Calcite CaCO3

Dolomite CaMgCO3

rhombohedral crystals effervesces with acid used in manufacture of cement, fertilizer important: sedimentary metamorphic

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Web Sites of Interest http://mineral.galleries.c om minerals by chemical group, name http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals U.S. Geological Survey, minerals in U.S. http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/AASG Link to all state geological surveys

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