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  2. List of mineral tests - Wikipedia

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    The way a mineral splits (or “cleaves”), particularly along planes in the crystal structure. Cleavage is generally described by. how well a mineral can be split to produce a flat plane, a process controlled by planes of weakness in the crystal structure. the number of distinct directions of these cleavage planes; the angles between those ...

  3. Diorite - Wikipedia

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    Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock composed principally of the silicate minerals plagioclase feldspar (typically andesine), biotite, hornblende, and sometimes pyroxene.The chemical composition of diorite is intermediate, between that of mafic gabbro and felsic granite.

  4. Fluid inclusion - Wikipedia

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    A fluid inclusion is a bubble of liquid and/or gas that is trapped within a crystal. As minerals often form from a liquid or aqueous medium, tiny bubbles of that liquid can become trapped within the crystal, or along healed crystal fractures. These inclusions usually range in size from 0.01 mm to 1 mm and are only visible in detail by ...

  5. Hornblende - Wikipedia

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    Hornblende diorite from the Henry Mountains, Utah, US. Hornblende is a common constituent of many igneous and metamorphic rocks such as granite, syenite, diorite, gabbro, basalt, andesite, gneiss, and schist. It crystallizes in preference to pyroxene minerals from cooler magma that is richer in silica and water. [13]

  6. Granodiorite - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from two related rocks to which granodiorite is an intermediate: granite and diorite. The gran-root comes from the Latin grānum for "grain", an English language derivative. Diorite is named after the contrasting colors of the rock.

  7. Quartz diorite - Wikipedia

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    Quartz diorite from Dúbrava, Nízke Tatry Mountains, Slovakia. Quartz diorite is an igneous, plutonic rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture. Feldspar is present as plagioclase (typically oligoclase or andesine) with 10% or less potassium feldspar. Quartz is present at between 5 and 20% of the rock.

  8. Colloidal crystal - Wikipedia

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    A colloidal crystal is an ordered array of colloidal particles and fine grained materials analogous to a standard crystal whose repeating subunits are atoms or molecules. [1] A natural example of this phenomenon can be found in the gem opal , where spheres of silica assume a close-packed locally periodic structure under moderate compression .

  9. Water bottle - Wikipedia

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    A water bottle is a container that is used to hold liquids, mainly water, for the purpose of transporting a drink while travelling or while otherwise away from a supply of potable water. Water bottles are usually made of plastic , glass , metal, or some combination of those substances.