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Goethite
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Quizbowl is right.
---Regionals---States---Nats

Rocks and Minerals---2nd---15th---11th
Disease Detectives---1st---3rd---27th
Optics---1st---NA---NA
Crime Busters---2nd---NA---NA
Compute This---NA---32---15th
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Since no one else is asking,

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---Regionals---States---Nats

Rocks and Minerals---2nd---15th---11th
Disease Detectives---1st---3rd---27th
Optics---1st---NA---NA
Crime Busters---2nd---NA---NA
Compute This---NA---32---15th
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havendude wrote:Since no one else is asking
This is breccia. I'll post a new picture before nightfall.
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Correct
---Regionals---States---Nats

Rocks and Minerals---2nd---15th---11th
Disease Detectives---1st---3rd---27th
Optics---1st---NA---NA
Crime Busters---2nd---NA---NA
Compute This---NA---32---15th
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/JHTtu.jpg[/img]
A is the pink specimen, B is the clear-ish specimen
1. What is the chemical formula for specimen A? How about B?
2. What is the term for the crystal habit of A?
3. What accounts for the pink color of specimen A?
4. What is the term when specimen A is formed in areas of deep-sea sediments, where organic matter content is high?
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quizbowl wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JHTtu.jpg[/img]
A is the pink specimen, B is the clear-ish specimen
1. What is the chemical formula for specimen A? How about B?
2. What is the term for the crystal habit of A?
3. What accounts for the pink color of specimen A?
4. What is the term when specimen A is formed in areas of deep-sea sediments, where organic matter content is high?
A: dolomite, B: My best guess is topaz
1. A: CaMg(CO3)2, B: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
2. Trigonal
3. Magnesium
4. Organogenic
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LoopQuantumGravity wrote:
quizbowl wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JHTtu.jpg[/img]
A is the pink specimen, B is the clear-ish specimen
1. What is the chemical formula for specimen A? How about B?
2. What is the term for the crystal habit of A?
3. What accounts for the pink color of specimen A?
4. What is the term when specimen A is formed in areas of deep-sea sediments, where organic matter content is high?
A: dolomite, B: My best guess is topaz
1. A: CaMg(CO3)2, B: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
2. Trigonal
3. Magnesium
4. Organogenic
Incorrect: 1B, 2, 3
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quizbowl wrote:
LoopQuantumGravity wrote:
quizbowl wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JHTtu.jpg[/img]
A is the pink specimen, B is the clear-ish specimen
1. What is the chemical formula for specimen A? How about B?
2. What is the term for the crystal habit of A?
3. What accounts for the pink color of specimen A?
4. What is the term when specimen A is formed in areas of deep-sea sediments, where organic matter content is high?
A: dolomite, B: My best guess is topaz
1. A: CaMg(CO3)2, B: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
2. Trigonal
3. Magnesium
4. Organogenic
Incorrect: 1B, 2, 3
On 2, everything I've looked at says that the crystal habit of dolomite is trigonal (specifically rhombohedral). If that's what you were looking for, please note that all rhombohedral systems are classified as trigonal.
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1A) CaMg(CO3)2 
1B) CaCO3
2) Druse
3) High manganese content
4) Organogenic
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