as sugary-looking
masses
Azurite Blue Bright, intense 3½-4
blue color;
dilute
hydrochloric acid
will fizz on
azurite
Barite White Rather heavy; 3-3½
cleavage
fragments may be
flat and slab-like
Celestite White Not quite as 3-3½
heavy as barite;
crystals commonly
prism-shaped or
flat-looking;
some cleavage
fragments are
flat and slab-like
Fluorite White Cleavage in 4 4
directions can
give fragments
that are shaped
like octahedrons;
crystals commonly
cube-shaped
Opal White Curved, 5-6
conchoidal
fracture; may
appear glassy,
greasy, resinous,
or dull; milky
white and
bluish-white
precious opal
shows plays of
colors
C. Cannot be scratched by an ordinary pocket knife but can be scratched
by quartz
Feldspar White Glassy or pearly 6
luster; good
cleavage in 2
directions that
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