Chapter 2a-Common Minerals
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common minerals
     amphibole
hornblende photos- Cochise College
hornblende-theImage
hornblende-volcano world
hornblende-mineral galleries
     apatite
apatite photos- Cochise College
apatite-Amethyst galleries
collecting apatite crystals
apatite from Mexico
apatite-mineral galleries
     calcite
calcite photos- Cochise College
calcite-short lecture
calcite-volcano world                                                                                     
calcite-mineral galleries
     clay
kaolinite clay photos- Cochise College
clay-volcano world
clay minerals-lecture
clay-mineral galleries
     feldspar
feldspar photos- Cochise College
feldspar-by Westlake
albite crystal
oligoclase
perthite
amazonite
feldspar-mineral galleries
plagioclase                                                                             
     fluorite
fluorite photos- Cochise College
fluorite-the Image
fluorite-Amethyst Galleries
fluorite-Webmineral
fluorite-mineral galleries
     galena
galena photos- Cochise College
galena-volcano world
galena-mineral galleries
galena-mineral data
galena-mineral galleries
     garnet
garnet photos-Cochise College
almandine garnet-mineral galleries
garnet-mineral galleries
garnet group-John Betts
garnets-mineral galleries
     gold
gold photos- Cochise College                                                                                                                       
gold specimens
gold nuggets
crystallized gold
gold-mineral galleries
     graphite
graphite photos- Cochise College
graphite-volcano world
graphite-mineral galleries
graphite-mineral information institute
     gypsum
gypsum photos- Cochise College
gypsum-minerals net
gypsum-detailed information
gypsum-mineral world
gypsum-mineral miners
gypsum roses
gypsum-minerals net
     halite (salt)
halite photos- Cochise College
halite-minerals net
halite-mineral galleries
fluorescent halite
halite crystals
     hematite
hematite photos- Cochise College
hematite-volcano world
hematite-mineral galleries
hematite-minerals net
     limonite
limonite photos- Cochise College
limonite-Glendale
limonite-mineral galleries
     magnetite
magnetite photos-Cochise College
magnetite-volcano world
magnetite-minerals net
magnetite-mineral galleries
magnetite-Wikipedia
     mica
mica photos- Cochise College
mica-volcano world
biotite-mineral galleries
mica crystal
muscovite mica-mineral galleries
     olivine
olivine photos- Cochise College
olivine-mineral galleries
     pyrite
pyrite photos- Cochise College
pyrite crystals
pyrite-volcano world
pyrite-mineral galleries
     pyroxene
pyroxene photos- Cochise College
augite-mineral galleries
pyroxene-mineral galleries
orthopyroxene
     quartz
quartz photos- Cochise College
Mt. Ida quartz crystals
crystalline structure of quartz
quartz-volcano world
quartz-mineral galleries
right and left hand quartz crystals