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Identity Helpmineral identification

5th Apr 2020 22:29 UTCGreg Rawlins

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Hello people, 
this website introduced me, a student of geography, to the field of geology about a year ago. it fascinated me so much that I stopped my geography degree and applied to study geology this summer.
I've been out collecting a few times and ID'ed most minerals. These samples, however, leave me puzzled. 

Since I am not sure how to post more than one photo I will add the other mineral as comments. 

Specimen A:
Found in a Nepalese road cut. The mountains were mainly mica shists and phyllite, the only igneous outcrop caught my eye as it showed signs of a dyke where the following examples were found. The sample is too small to scratch it with force, I tried as hard as I could - a knife will not scratch it.
 

5th Apr 2020 22:31 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Possibly a member of the clinozoisite-epidote series.

5th Apr 2020 22:39 UTCGreg Rawlins

Hello Uwe,
that's what the people on r/geology said too. Since you both suggested that it seems reasonable to assume it is indeed clinozoisite. Thank you!

5th Apr 2020 22:32 UTCGreg Rawlins

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Specimen B:
this was found in an Icelandic road cut/parking lot. I assume it is calcite because of the cubic cleavage in the bottom left corner? I am not sure, however, if calcite forms these needles. 

5th Apr 2020 22:37 UTCGreg Rawlins

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And lastly, Specimen C:
found in a mine dump northeast of Stockholm, Sweden listed Fe-sulphides as the "main commodities". It is super tiny and I just thought it looked cool. I assume it is too small for any ID?

11th Jun 2020 20:16 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager

From Norra Fjäll ? [https://www.mindat.org/loc-19440.html]. Might be epidote.

11th Jun 2020 20:23 UTCKyle Beucke 🌟

If you think it might be calcite, drop some vinegar on it and see if it fizzes!  

Kyle

11th Jun 2020 23:09 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Possibly zircon? Does it fluoresce?

12th Jun 2020 13:30 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

Thanks for decent photos, but please provide fields of view so we know what "super tiny" actually is. Never too small for an ID! Also descriptors like road cut or mine dump alone dont really help us, we need geological context - what kind of rock, what kind of mine, what rock type hosts the ore, etc. Minerals are products of their environment of formation, knowing that helps reduce the possibilities.

Specimen A does look like epidote/clinozoisite, but also could be scapolite or vesuvianite or even axinite. Does it fluoresce? Scapolite is commonly pinkish under short-wave.
Specimen B probably calcite/aragonite, as suggested, try some acid on it. May also fluoresce orange-red or yellow-white.
Specimen C could be zircon, these commonly fluoresce yellow. Maybe monazite.
 
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