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| Nesosilicate in structure, and only has a single tetrahedron formation makes this a super-granular looking mineral. it has no cleavage. |
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| Olivine can be both green and black, just like real olives. I prefer the green ones in my gin martini, and the black ones on my pizza and muffaletta sandwiches. |
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| More stringy, less granular because the metals are burned off in the process. |
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| Inosilicate, single chain substructure; cleavage-two planes at right angles |
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| also Inosilicate; double chain silicate substructure; cleavage-two planes at 60-120 degrees |
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| lovely salmon color due to the (K) potassium and is very high in sillica; 70%/felsic in nature |
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| Intermediate sillica levels of 50-70% and is (Na) sodium rich |
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| Anorthite is ultra-mafic as in hardly any sillica at all and it is (Ca) calcium rich. |
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| you can really see the difference (other than the blue flecks) of labradorite and anorthite in this picture because of Labradorite's higher sillica content. |
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| The Labradorite is easy to spot because it has the prettiest blue and green flecks in it that really catch the light. |
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