Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

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1. Scoria
2. There were bubbles trapped in the lava as it cooled and hardened
3. No, it shouldn't although one specimen we tried did, so i guess yes.

Is andesite intrusive or extrusive?
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Extrusive

By the way it's usually better to wait until the asker has confirmed that your answer is correct before posting the next question just FYI
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HAHAHA
BTW, asthedeer, you are correct!
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Are we going to keep on doing rks and min questions or will we start doing fossil questions?
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I think there will be a new thread for that once rollover happens, so i guess just rocks for now.

What is the nickname of staurolite?
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Fairy stones! :P
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@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D

Is talc harder or softer than graphite?
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GoofyFoofer wrote:Fairy stones! :P
asthedeer wrote:@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D

Is talc harder or softer than graphite?
GoofyFoofer is correct. There shouldn't be two questions running at once though.
talc is softer
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asthedeer wrote:@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D
Well yeah, but I have to wait and see if my answer was correct before I ask a question.
BTW, I'm GoofyFoofer, not GoofyFooter. :lol:

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basically you put [hide] What you want people to see | What you want to hide [ /hide]
And remove this space in the bracket pointed to by this arrow)----------------->^

This | symbol is under the backspace button on the keyboard.

And you can take my question GoofyFoofer
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