Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals
Title
WikiProject Rocks and Minerals
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This WikiProject's goal is to define a standard factbox for using in rock and mineral entries.
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Template
| Quartz | |
|---|---|
| |
| General | |
| Category | Mineral |
| Chemical formula (or Composition) | silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) |
| Identification | |
| Color | Clear (if no impurities); also see Varieties |
| Crystal structure | 6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical) |
| Cleavage | ?? |
| Fracture | ?? |
| Mohs Scale Hardness | 7 |
| Luster | ?? |
| Refractive index | ?? |
| Pleochroism | ?? |
| Streak | ?? |
| Specific gravity | ?? |
| Major varieties (or Related minerals ) | |
| Chalcedony | Any cryptocrystalline quartz, although generally only used for white or lightly coloured material. Otherwise more specific names are used. |
| Agate | Banded Chalcedony, translucent |
| Onyx | Agate where the bands are staight, parallel and consistent in size. |
| Jasper | Opaque chalcedony, impure |
| Aventurine | Translucent chalcedony with small inclusions (usually mica) that shimmer. |
| Tiger's eye | Fibrous quartz, exhibiting chatoyancy. |
| Rock Crystal | Clear, colourless |
| Amethyst | Purple, transparent |
| Citrine | Yellow to reddish orange, greenish yellow |
| Rose quartz | Pink, translucent, may display diasterism |
| Milk quartz, or snow quartz | White, translucent to opaque, may display diasterism |
| Carnelian | Reddish orange chalcedony, translucent |
| Quartzite | |
|---|---|
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| General | |
| Category | Metamorphic rock |
| Composition | Pressurized sandstone: quartz and silica |
| Identification | |
| Color | ?? |
| Crystal structure | ?? |
| Cleavage | ?? |
| Fracture | ?? |
| Mohs Scale Hardness | ?? |
| Luster | ?? |
| Refractive index | ?? |
| Pleochroism | ?? |
| Streak | ?? |
| Specific gravity | ?? |
| Major varieties (or Related minerals ) | |
| ?? | ?? |
I based the content of this table on information found in various places:
I based the format in part on the table used for chemical compounds such as:
Comment history from original location
- Good choice of colour. It realy stands out. Is it possible to condense it a bit? Maybe this should be moved to a Project space. mydogategodshat 09:45, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)