The CycloSilicates of the World!
Just a short slidshow for any of my friends who were interested in what had caused the DapperJester to vanish from Lp world!
this is only a handful that I learned, but yea fun times!
1.) Beryl mineral: Variety: Aquamarine
chemical Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
http://www.mindat.org/min-819.html
2.)Tourmaline mineral: Variety: Elbaite
chemical formula: Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
http://webmineral.com/data/Elbaite.shtml
3.) Tourmaline Mineral: Variety: Dravite
NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
http://webmineral.com/data/Dravite.shtml
4.) Beryl mineral: variety : Emerald
Chemical formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
5.)Dioptase Mineral
Chemical Formula:Cu6 (Si6O18) * 6H2O
*Cool fact about Dioptase is that photos rarely catch the correct color of it. Its actually always lighter then what you see in most pictures*
Enjoy guys. Hopefully the next one will be a little nicer