Drew: # 35a Mineral Identification Data

#35A Definition Color

The color of rock not the color from its outside Shiny of dull Cleavage is smooth and fracture is How much jagged madder is in the object The color of the powder The hardness of the mineral Radio active The uses of my rock
Durome showerhandle

Guess 1
antimony
Black, Gray, Grayish black

Guess 2
Biotite mica
Black, dark brown, dark green, reddish black.

Actual Mineral
Biotite/ mica
Black, dark brown, dark green, reddish black

silver

Metallic 80% cleavage 20% fracture low silver 1 none

Shiny silver

pearly 1,1/ uneven

pearly 1,1 uneven 2.8 3.4 Silver, white 3 flaky Biotite, like Muscovite, is a very Poor conductor of heat and electricity, and is thus used as an insulator for various electrical products an d semiconductors. This is what this size sells for: 2" x 1.7" x 0.9" ( 52.5 x 45 x 22mm) Price: $16.50

Luster Cleavage/ Fracture Density Streak Hardness Special Properties Uses

light silver soft na

Around 50% of pure antimony currently produced is used for hardening lead, to make

2.8 - 3.4 white 3 flaky

Biotite, like Muscovite, is a very poor conductor of heat and electricity, and is thus used as an insulator for various electrical products and semiconductors.

Value

The value of my rock

alloys which are then used Antimony (mostly) in Regulus min batteries.

99.65% Grade II
Where my rock is found

This is what this size sells for: 2" x 1.7" x 0.9" ( 52.5 x 45 x 22mm) Price: $16.50

Where found

The abundance of antimony in the Earth's crust is estimated at 0.2 to 0.5 parts per ...Antimony is sometimes found nati vely

Mica, both scrap and flake, can be found all over the world. In the United States, mica is produced in Arizona, North Carolina, South Dakota, Georgia, New Mexico, and South

Carolina. http://www.minerals.n et/mineral/biotite.asp x

Mica, both scrap and flake, can be found all over the world. In the United States, mica is produced in Arizona , North Carolina, South Dakota, Georgia, New Mexico, and South Carolina. http://www.minerals.net/ mineral/biotite.aspx http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr /students/mica/mica.htm

Sources

http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Antimony

http://www.mineral http://skywalker.cochi s.net/mineral/biotit se.edu/wellerr/studen ts/mica/mica.htm e.aspx

My Description: It has very thin slates and the color tan, gray, black, and dark green. Its luster is pearly and the hardness is three. In addition, its streak is silver and white. It is an uneven rock and very flaky.

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