6 - 7 Hardness

Aegirine

Agate (silicon dioxide)

Albite (Feldspar)(mixtures of sodium and calcium aluminum silicates)
Almandine (Garnet)
Andradite (Garnet)
Anorthoclase (Feldspar)
Celsian (Feldspar)
Cristobalite

Epidote
Fayalite (Olivine)
Forsterite (Olivine)
Franklinite
Garnet
Grossular (Garnet)
Hafnon
Jadeite

Kyanite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Microcline (Feldspar)
Olivine
Opal
Orthoclase (Feldspar)
Plagioclase Feldspar
Pyrite
Pyrope (Garnet)
Sanidine (Feldspar)
Spodumene
Zircon

Zoisite (Basic calcium aluminum silicate)


 

Newpaper sponcored award recieved in Aug. 				2000. Go back to the collection. Student award from University of Wisconsin sponsored program.

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