GEOLOGIC MATERIALS……..

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Minerals
• A mineral is natural, inorganic, homogeneous, solid substance having a
definite chemical composition and regular atomic structure that
naturally used to make rock.
Exceptions
• diamonds.
• Coal, amber, petroleum, etc.
Common rock forming minerals
Oxides % Na2O 3.81
Si O2 59.26 K2O 3.12

Al2O3 15.35 H2O 1.26

Fe2O3 3.14 P2O5 0.28
FeO 3.74 TiO2 0.73
MgO 3.46 Rest 0.77
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CaO 5.08 Total 100.00 1
 Quartz (SiO2) Magnetite Feldspar ((K,Na)AlSi3O8, CaAl2Si2O8)

Mica KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2 Malachite Olivine (Fe SiO - Mg Si O

2 4 2 2 4 )

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Diamond–C Calcite –CaCO3 2
Graphite –C
 Pyroxene Amphibole
(Fe,Mg)SiO3 CaAl2Si2O8Ca2(Mg,Fe,Al)5(Al,Si)8O22(OH)2

Pyrite

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