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How to Identify
Rocks and Minerals
fluorite
calcite
epidote
quartz
gypsum
pyrite
copper
fluorite
galena
By Jan C. Rasmussen
2009
Arizona Historical Society
1300 N. College Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 929-0292
www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org
Donations for reproduction from:
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation
Friends of the Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum
Wickenburg Gem & Mineral Society
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ROCKS & MINERALS IN KIT
See final pages of book for color photographs of rocks and minerals.
MINERALS:
Apatite*
Azurite (dark blue)
Barite
Biotite
Bornite (peacock tarnish)
Calcite
Chalcopyrite (brassy)
Chrysocolla (blue-green)
Copper (refined)
Corundum*
Cuprite*
Diamond*
Dolomite*
Fluorite
Galena (metallic)
Garnet
Glauberite pseudomorph
Gold*
Graphite*
Gypsum
Halite (table salt)
Hematite
Hornblende
Limonite (Goethite)
Magnetite
Malachite (green)
Muscovite (mica group)
Orthoclase (feldspar group)
Peridot
Pyrite (brassy)
Quartz, var. amethyst
Quartz, var. chalcedony
Quartz
Quartz, var. rose
Serpentine
Sphalerite*
Sulfur
Talc
Topaz*
Tourmaline*
5
12
15
39
23
3
14
11
30
9
25
10
40
4
16
18
31
29
37
2
24
17
35
26
19
21
22
6
28
27
34
13
7
33
20
38
32
1
8
36
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ROCKS:
Apache Tear
Basalt
Breccia
Coal
Conglomerate
Diatomite
Gneiss
Granite
Limestone
Marble
Metaconglomerate*
Obsidian
Perlite
Phyllite
Pumice
Quartzite*
Rhyolite
Sandstone
Schist
(Serpentinite)*
Shale*
Silicified Wood
(Quartz, var. chert)
Slate
Travertine (onyx)
Tuff
50
51
74
77
73
78
64
57
71
62
65
54
53
66
52
60
56
70
61
(20)
75
76
63
72
55
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NUMERICAL LIST OF ROCKS & MINERALS IN KIT
See final pages of book for color photographs of rocks and minerals.
MINERALS:
1 Talc
2 Gypsum
3 Calcite
4 Fluorite
5 Apatite*
6 Orthoclase (feldspar group)
7 Quartz
8 Topaz*
9 Corundum*
10 Diamond*
11 Chrysocolla (blue)
12 Azurite (dark blue)
13 Quartz, var. chalcedony
14 Chalcopyrite (brassy)
15 Barite
16 Galena (metallic)
17 Hematite
18 Garnet
19 Magnetite
20 Serpentine
21 Malachite (green)
22 Muscovite (mica group)
23 Bornite (peacock tarnish)
24 Halite (table salt)
25 Cuprite
26 Limonite (Goethite)
27 Pyrite (brassy)
28 Peridot
29 Gold*
30 Copper (refined)
31 Glauberite pseudomorph
32 Sulfur
33 Quartz, var. rose
34 Quartz, var. amethyst
35 Hornblende*
36 Tourmaline*
37 Graphite*
38 Sphalerite*
39 Biotite*
40 Dolomite*
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IGNEOUS ROCKS:
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
Apache Tear
Basalt
Pumice
Perlite
Obsidian
Tuff
Rhyolite
Granite
METAMORPHIC ROCKS:
60 Quartzite*
61 Schist
62 Marble
63 Slate*
64 Gneiss
65 Metaconglomerate*
66 Phyllite
(20) (Serpentinite)*
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS:
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
Sandstone
Limestone
Travertine (onyx)
Conglomerate
Breccia
Shale
Silicified Wood
(Quartz, var. chert)
77 Coal
78 Diatomite
*= not generally in kits. Minerals numbered
8-10, 25, 29, 35-40 are listed for information
only.
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