properties of saprolite?
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http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?9605225\nSaprolite is a rare find in our area.  We've found it in a few parking lots, and we can buy it from only a few dealers.\n\nSaprolite is also called "rotten granite" -- it really is granite that's been partially changed by thousands or millions of years of weathering. \n\nhttp://saltthesandbox.org/rocks/saprolite.htm\n\nProperties\n1.Saprolite forms when granite and other igneous and \nmetamorphic rocks are exposed to humid climates for \nthousands or millions of years. \n2.Saprolite is mostly reddish in color.\n3.Its crystals are usually pea-sized or smaller\n4.it started out as granite\n5.Is made mostly of the minerals feldspar and quartz, and may also contain small crystals of mica or darker minerals.
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visit  http://webmineral.com/ you can learn what you want with details from there, I sometimes use this site
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THE MINERAL SERPENTINE\n\nChemistry: (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4, Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide \nClass: Silicates \nSubclass: phyllosilicates \nGroup: Kalolinite-Serpentine \nUses: many industrial applications, including brake linings and fireproof fabrics and as an ornamental stone. \nSpecimens \n\nSerpentine is a major rock forming mineral and is found as a constituent in many metamorphic and weather igneous rocks. It often colors many of these rocks to a green color and most rocks that have a green color probably have serpentine in some amount. \n\nSerpentine is actually a general name applied to several members of a polymorphic group. These minerals have essentially the same chemistry but different structures. The following is a list of these minerals, their formulas and symmetry class: \n\nAntigorite; (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4; monoclinic. \nClinochrysotile; Mg3Si2O5(OH)4; monoclinic. \nLizardite; Mg3Si2O5(OH)4; trigonal and hexagonal. \nOrthochrysotile; Mg3Si2O5(OH)4; orthorhombic. \nParachrysotile; (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4; orthorhombic. \n\nTheir differences are minor and almost indistinguishable in hand samples. However, the chrysotile minerals are more likely to form serpentine asbestos, while antigorite and lizardite form cryptocrystalline masses sometimes with a lamellar or micaceous character. Asbestos had been used for years as a fire retarding cloth and in brake linings. Its links to cancer however has led to the development of alternative materials for these purposes. \n\nSerpentine's structure is composed of layers of silicate tetrahedrons linked into sheets. Between the silicate layers are layers of Mg(OH)2. These Mg(OH)2 layers are found in the mineral brucite and are called brucite layers. How the brucite layers stack with the silicate layers is the main reason for the multiple polymorphs. The stacking is not perfect and has the effect of bending the layers. In most serpentines, the silicate layers and brucite layers are more mixed and produced convoluted sheets. In the asbestos varieties the brucite layers and silicate layers bend into tubes that produce the fibers. \n\nSerpentine can be an attractive green stone that takes a nice polish and is suitable for carving. It has been used as a substitute for jade and is sometimes difficult to distinguish from jade, a testament to the beauty of finer serpentine material.\n\nNon-fiberous serpentine is not a cancer concern. Asbestos serpentines should be kept in closed clear containers, but makes an attractive specimen. Sometimes with a golden color as the name chrysotile in greek means golden fibers. \n\n\nPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:\n\nColor is olive green, yellow or golden, brown, or black. \nLuster is greasy, waxy or silky. \nTransparency crystals are translucent and masses are opaque. \nCrystal System is variable, see above. \nCrystal Habits: never in large individual crystals, usually compact masses or fibrous. Veins of viberous serpentine can be found inside of massive serpentine or other rocks. \nCleavage the varieties of crysotile have none, in lizardite and antigorite it is good in one direction. \nFracture is conchoidal in antigorite and lizardite and splintery in the crysotiles. \nHardness is 3 - 4.5 \nSpecific Gravity is 2.2 - 2.6 \nStreak white \nAssociated Minerals include chromite, olivine, garnets, calcite, biotite and talc. \nOther Characteristics: serpentine in the rough has a silky feel to the touch and fibers are very flexible. \nNotable Occurances Val Antigorio, Italy; Russia; Rhodesia Switzerland; North Carolina, California, Rhode Island and Arizona, USA and Quebec, Canada. \nBest Field Indicators softness, color, silky feel and luster, asbestos if present and its flexibility.
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I think this is an interesting question.  Surprisingly, I think the answer is yes for some properties.  I don't have data in front of me (my books are at the office), but I'll bet that if you compare densities of homologous compounds in a group, you'd find that the density increases along with the density of the main constituent atoms.  I'll also bet that there are spectroscopic properties that are retained -- those relating to the inner shells.  In addition, there are tests used by mineralogists to detect the presence of common constituent metals in different minerals; a common example is the sodium "D" emission that causes a yellow flame in a fire when sodium is present regardless of the counterion.  In inorganic chemistry I seem to remember endless graphs of periodic properties that we used as a mnemonic device, but that was too many years ago to remember them.\n\nIf I wanted to look into it on the internet, I'd do a search on "periodic properties of the elements."  Also, geochemists are wonderful for collecting data and putting together tables of such things, and undergraduate inorganic textbooks may be helpful for finding some as well.
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Metals, Nonmetals, & Metalloids\n\nMost periodic tables contain a stairstep line which allows you to identify which elements are metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. Following are descriptions of each of the three types of materials.\n\nMetals\n\nMost elements are metals. 88 elements to the left of the stairstep line are metals or metal like elements.\n\nPhysical Properties of Metals:\n\nLuster (shininess) \nGood conductors of heat and electricity \nHigh density (heavy for their size) \nHigh melting point \nDuctile (most metals can be drawn out into thin wires) \nMalleable (most metals can be hammered into thin sheets) \nChemical Properties of Metals:\n\nEasily lose electrons \nCorrode easily. Corrosion is a gradual wearing away. (Example: silver tarnishing and iron rusting) \nNonmetals\n\nNonmetals are found to the right of the stairstep line. Their characteristics are opposite those of metals.\n\nPhysical Properties of Nonmetals:\n\nNo luster (dull appearance) \nPoor conductor of heat and electricity \nBrittle (breaks easily) \nNot ductile \nNot malleable \nLow density \nLow melting point \nChemical Properties of Nonmetals:\n\nTend to gain electrons \nSince metals tend to lose electrons and nonmetals tend to gain electrons, metals and nonmetals like to form compounds with each other. These compounds are called ionic compounds. When two or more nonmetals bond with each other, they form a covalent compound.\n\nMetalloids\n\nElements on both sides of the zigzag line have properties of both metals and nonmetals. These elements are called metalloids.\n\nPhysical Properties of Metalloids:\n\nSolids \nCan be shiny or dull \nDuctile \nMalleable \nConduct heat and electricity better than nonmetals but not as well as metals
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176°C to 178°C Atorva Ca\n   it all depends on which polymorph / Salt u r asking for
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Just answered this question for someone else:\n\nhttp://www.bestcrystals.com/ulexite.htm\n\nhttp://www.northwestnatureshop.com/department/Rocks_and_Minerals/Rock_and_Mineral_Specimens/592.html
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general characteristics of clastic sedimentary rocks:\n\nthey may...\ncontain layers\nbe dull & earthy in appearance\ncontain clastic material (small grains of rock)\ncontain fossils\nrub off easily b/t fingers\nloosely "glued" together w/ minerals such as iron oxide & calcite
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Here is a website for you to look at:\n\nhttp://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm
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Phaneritic - coarse grain size; visible grains (1-10 mm); result of slow cooling \nGranite \nDiorite \nGabbro \n\nPegmatitic - very large crystals (many over 2 cm) \nGranite pegmatite or pegmatitic granite
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what the others have answered are the elements consisting of ammonium sulphate and they've still got that wrong... it's nitrogen, hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen (no carbon and ammonia is NH3).\n\nChemical properties on following website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_sulphate
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chemical properties:  high electro negativity\nphysical properties:  it's a halogen
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1.\nMn(s) + SnCl2(aq) --> MnCl2(aq) + Sn(s)\nCr(s) + 2HBr(aq) --> CrBr2(aq) + H2(g)\nCo(s) + CaBr2(aq) --> N.R\n2Al(s) + 3Ni(NO3)2(aq) --> 2Al(NO3)3(aq) + 3Ni(s)\n\n2.\nMg + 2AgNO3 --> Mg(NO3)2 + 2Ag\nmole of Ag = 3.580 / 108 = 0.033 mole\nmole of AgNO3 = 0.033 mole = 33 mmole\nmolarity of AgNO3 = 33 / 50 = 0.66 M\n\n3.\na.soluble\nb.soluble\nc.soluble\nd.insoluble\ne.soluble\nf.soluble\ng.insoluble in water, soluble in acid\nh.soluble\n\n4.\n3NaOH(aq) + Fe(ClO4)3(aq) --> Fe(OH)3(s) + 3NaClO4(aq)\n3Na+ + 3OH- + Fe3+ + 3ClO4- --> Fe(OH)3 + 3Na+ + 3ClO4-\nFe3+ + 3OH- --> Fe(OH)3\n(NH4)2SO4(aq) + Pb(NO3)2(aq) --> PbSO4(s) + 2NH4NO3(aq)\n2NH4+ + SO42- + Pb2+ + 2NO3- --> PbSO4 + 2NH4+ + 2NO3-\nPb2+ + SO42- --> PbSO4\n\nHope it helps\npeace\nvixklen
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Well, I can only partly answer your questions.\nPorosity is a measure of whether a rock has empty spaces in it. That's important because the rock could hold water or oil, for example.\nPermeability is a measure of whether fluids can move around in a rock--are the pore spaces connected to each other or not? That's important because water or oil can't really move through rocks that are not permeable. \n\nSandstone, which is a rock made of small particles, can be very porous and very permeable--depending on how well the grains have been cemented together, and also whether it has fractures, etc. \nNow..to the tricky part of your question: about rose quartz. Quartz is a mineral. A single crystal of quartz will have essentially zero porosity or permeability(unless its full of cracks). You could make a nice water bowl out of rose quartz because it wouldn't leak or soak up the water. But sandstone could be made entirely of rose quartz grains cemented together....So....the rose quartz sandstone could be porous and could be permeable...or not, depending on how well it was cemented.\nCalcite...is a mineral. same story. A pure crystal would have essentially no porosity or permeability. But, calcite grains could make up a sandstone (see above). Also, limestone is made of calcite (or aragonite), and it can be both highly porous and permeable--that's why there are so many caves in limestone.\n\nYou don't ask a question about grain sorting, so I don't know how to respond. I'm guessing you want to know how it relates to porosity and permeabilty. Imagine dumping a bunch of marbles of the same size into a barrel. They would be perfectly sorted (same size and shape), and you could calculate how much water you could pore into the barrel to fill up the spaces between the marbles. Now imagine filling up the same barrel with items of all different shapes and sizes (poorly sorted). You could imagine that it could hole more water than the marble-filled barrel, UNLESS, PERHAPSyou happened to pore in lots of sand or other fine particles in with your big items. \nSandstone can be well-sorted (think of nearly pure quartz sand in sand dunes), or poorly sorted (think of sand in a river bottom).\nBecause rose quartz and calcite are minerals,  they could be components of well sorted or poorly sorted sands. BUT, calcite is softer than quartz, so...it would be much less common in well-sorted sands--which tend to be, but not always, quartz- rich. Beach sand, for instance, can be moderately well-sorted and composed mainly of quartz sand but with  tiny calcite shell fragments.
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A chemical properties
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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/class/phscilab/dens.html\n\ntry this site