By: Marissa, Lanya, and Ashley!!!
Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Composition: Magnesium, Iron, Silicon, Oxygen
Color: Yellowish Green,Olive,Yellow Brown
Streak: White
Hardness: Mohs Scale-6 ½- 7
Crystal Form: Three unequal axes intersecting at right angles
Luster: Resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, and hardness
Cleavage: Good and Distinct
Fracture: Irregular and very brittle
Everyday uses: reflective sand, bricks, gem-stones for jewelry
Interesting Facts: The Hawaiian Islands are rich in Olivine, Olivine's gemstone variety, known as peridot is one of the most mispronounced of gemstone names, olivine is one of the types of minerals that makes up igneous rocks.
olivine rock
Olivine Bracelet
another olivine rock
This website is really interesting and can really help me as well as others. I love the colors! Please comment!
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~Marissa~
Wow i cant believe that it is the most unpronounced gemstone. this website is full of facts and it figures that olivine is one of the minerals that make up igneous rocks beacause hawaii has a bunch of volcanos creating igneous rocks.
ReplyDeleteDalton
pretty neat nice job on the blog guys!
ReplyDelete~Karen
Nice job girls, I learned some really interesting facts. Great work putting it all together.
ReplyDeleteMs. B
i think we did a good job guys! Olivine is a sweet mineral!
ReplyDeletei love your blog Marissa,It really is full of good facts and information that we can use!!!!
ReplyDeleteGREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Natalia