Greywacke

    My mineral I had to do research on was Greywacke. It is most likely to be found in Sedimentary Rocks. It's color's are various shades of dark grey and greenish grey. When it is used on a streak pad it's streak is invisable. Some of it's varities are it's feldspatic Greywacke, which is very rich in feldspar.
    Some of it's distinctive features are that it is a poorly sorted dark grey to greenish sandstone.
    It's occurrence is world wide but especially bordering ancient fold and mountain ranges.
    Some practical uses for greywacke is that it is used as a building stone.
    Some of the composition's of greywacke are Quartz, Plagioclase and tiny rock fragments set in a matrix of microscopic Feldspar, Quartz, Clay and other minerals that are too small to determine without a microscope.

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