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  1. Print the notecards
  2. Fold each page in half along the solid vertical line
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal dotted line
  4. Optional: Glue, tape or staple the ends of each notecard together
  1. Verify Front of pages is selected for Viewing and print the front of the notecards
  2. Select Back of pages for Viewing and print the back of the notecards
    NOTE: Since the back of the pages are printed in reverse order (last page is printed first), keep the pages in the same order as they were after Step 1. Also, be sure to feed the pages in the same direction as you did in Step 1.
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal and vertical dotted line
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38 notecards = 10 pages (4 cards per page)

Viewing:

Rock and Minerals

front 1

is a metallic. Very dense, gray, shiny, sulfide mineral. PbS

back 1

Galena

front 2

Leaves a black streak, metallic group, oxide mineral, Fe3O4 (is magnetic)

back 2

Magnetite

front 3

Gray streak, blackish gray, metallic group, native element (you can write with it) C

back 3

Graphite

front 4

red and black, leaves a red streak, metallic group, oxide mineral. Fe203

back 4

Hematite

front 5

black with gold, metallic group, black streak, fools gold, sulfide mineral FeS2

back 5

Pyrite

front 6

Silicate mineral, Dark, red, glassy, non-metallic group, brittle Fe, Mg, Ca, Al

back 6

Garnet

front 7

Salty Taste, not very dense, clear in color, cubic cleavage, halite mineral NaCl

back 7

Halite

front 8

scratch with fingernail, non-metallic, light, sulfate mineral, soft, CaS04 2H20

back 8

Gypsum

front 9

Reacts with HCL, white, brown, clear, perfect cleavage, no 90 angles, carbonate mineral CaCO3

back 9

Calcite

front 10

Purples, blues, yellow, clear, non-metallic, Illinois state mineral, soft, cleavage, halide mineral CaF2

back 10

Fluorite

front 11

Silicate mineral, always olive green, isolated tetrahedral, no cleavage, hard, non-metallic group MgFe

back 11

Olivine

front 12

dark mica, silicate, cleaves into thin sheets, non-metallic group, KMgFeAl,

back 12

Biotite Mica

front 13

light mica, silicate, breaks into thin sheets, cleavage, soft, non-metallic group, Al

back 13

muscovite mica

front 14

pink and salmon colored, planes at 90, milky, silicate, non-metallic group, K Al

back 14

K Feldspar

front 15

SiO2, silicate mineral, non-metallic group, pink, purple, brown, clear, breaks into sharp edges, crystals, no cleavage, hard

back 15

Quartz

front 16

phaneritic, silicic, felsic, light colored, Quartz. K-feldspar

back 16

Granite

front 17

crystals not visible, (aphanitic or porphyritic) silicic, felsic, light colored, quarts, K-feldspar

back 17

Rhyolite

front 18

Intermediate, gray, phaneritic, K-feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, Biotite, quartz, augite

back 18

Diorite

front 19

Intermediate, gray, porphyritic, or aphanitic, K-feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, biotite, quartz

back 19

Andesite

front 20

Mafic, dark brown or black, phaneritic, Ca-plagioclase, Olivine,

back 20

Gabbro

front 21

Mafic, dark brown or black, Porphyritic or aphanitic, Ca-plagioclase, Olivine

back 21

Basalt

front 22

Solid Glass, no crystals present

back 22

Obsidian

front 23

Vernacular Glass, gray to tan

back 23

Pumice

front 24

Clastic , coarse grained, rounded clasts,

back 24

Conglomerate

front 25

Coarse grained, angular clasts

back 25

Breccia

front 26

Medium grained, mostly quartz

back 26

Quartz Sandstone

front 27

Medium grained, feldspar, Quartz,

back 27

Arkosic Sandstone

front 28

Dirty sandstone, medium grained, quartz, rock fragments,

back 28

Graywacke

front 29

Very fine grained, very fine grained, clay minerals, and sometimes quartz

back 29

Shale

front 30

swamp environments, decomposed plant material, black often shiny, organic carbon

back 30

Coal

front 31

calcite

back 31

Coquina

front 32

Halite

back 32

Rock Salt

front 33

SiO2

back 33

Chert

front 34

alternating light and dark bands
light bands: quartz and feldspar
Dark bands: hornblende, augite, garnet, biotite, etc.

back 34

Gneiss

front 35

Sheet-like grains; scaly, "shitose" texture. Sparkly or shiny appearance. ("Shiny Schist")
minerals: biotite, muscovite, chlorite. Minor amounts of quartz, or dark silicate minerals

back 35

Schist

front 36

microscopic flakes of mica create a sheen (slight reflective surface)

back 36

Phyllite

front 37

parallel orientation of of mica flakes created "slatey cleavage" planes of weakness

back 37

Slate

front 38

very hard (scratches glass). visible grains of quartz

back 38

Quartzite