Inorganics

Id Identification Type Name Description Distinguishing Features Tags
147 Contaminant Lab Dust contaminant
168 Lithofacies Laminated sulfidic silt Describes a lithofacies comprising finely structured clastic sediment with prominent accessory sulfide minerals, especially fine reactive monosulfide (mackinawite).

Distinguished by fine-scale bedding and abundance of opaque minerals; often highly pungent when freshly exposed.
fine-scale-bedding
pungent
opaque
black
pungent
reactive
diatomaceous
132 Mineral Lithic fragment Wide variety of forms and optical properties. A very small rock made up of one or more minerals. Can be identified by the presence of grain boundaries within a particle. grain-boundaries

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