Typically you ID the specimen and then either just have the cleavage angles for the mineral memorized or look it up in the binder.sarah.s007 wrote:How would you go about determining the cleavage of a sample? I'm having trouble with this :/
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Alright. Thanks!ScottMaurer19 wrote:Typically you ID the specimen and then either just have the cleavage angles for the mineral memorized or look it up in the binder.sarah.s007 wrote:How would you go about determining the cleavage of a sample? I'm having trouble with this :/
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Not too sure since I'm bad at rocks and minerals, but it's basically just how the mineral/rock looks with different shapes coming from it. If it has a cleavage, it breaks along parallel planes and could have multiple cleavage directions.sarah.s007 wrote:How would you go about determining the cleavage of a sample? I'm having trouble with this :/
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Do we need name origin for every rock/mineral? Currently, my partner and I have it for some rocks/minerals, but we didn't make it a priority.
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I have it. It could be tested on, like for example a very common test question is "The Greeks believed that Amethyst prevented _____, which was what it was named after." The more you know, the better.kate! wrote:Do we need name origin for every rock/mineral? Currently, my partner and I have it for some rocks/minerals, but we didn't make it a priority.
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Yeah every once in a while you'll see these kinds of random knowledge questions come up. So if you have them down, they are basically easy points.dxu46 wrote:I have it. It could be tested on, like for example a very common test question is "The Greeks believed that Amethyst prevented _____, which was what it was named after." The more you know, the better.kate! wrote:Do we need name origin for every rock/mineral? Currently, my partner and I have it for some rocks/minerals, but we didn't make it a priority.
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Some tests have one station dedicated to trivia, which is where this may come in useful.kate! wrote:Do we need name origin for every rock/mineral? Currently, my partner and I have it for some rocks/minerals, but we didn't make it a priority.
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Are there usually stations with a map that shows the specimens locations and asks you to identify it based on that?
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I have never in my life encountered that type of station. That seems more like a bio ID event thing...unknownuser2 wrote:Are there usually stations with a map that shows the specimens locations and asks you to identify it based on that?
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I have never seen one and actually had very few location based questions as there are so many localities for each mineral it is incredibly hard to test on it.unknownuser2 wrote:Are there usually stations with a map that shows the specimens locations and asks you to identify it based on that?
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