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(aka:Rocks for Dummies) A handy, dandy guide to help you annunciate some difficult terms, |
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| A | |||
| Acicular | uh-SICK-you-lar | Actinolite | ak-TIN-oh-lite |
| Adamanite | ad-uh-MAN-teen | Adularescense | AJ-uh-ler-Ess-ence |
| Alabaster | al-uh-Bass-ter | Albite | AL-bite |
| Alexandrite | AL-egg-Zan-drite | Almandite | AL-mun-dite |
| Amethyst | Am-uh-thist | Amyodaloidal | uh-Mig-duh-Loid-ull |
| Analcite | ah-NAL-site | Andalusite | an-duh-LEW-site |
| Anglesite | ANG-luh-site | Apatite | APP-uh-tite |
| Apophyllite | ah-POF-ih-lite | Aragonite | uh-RAG-uh-nite |
| Arcentite | AR-jen-tite | Asbestos | as-BEST-us |
| Augite | AW-jite | Autunite | aw-TUN-ite |
| Aventurine | ah-VEN-chu-reen | Azurite | AZZ-your-ite |
| B | |||
| Barite | BEAR-ite | Basalt | buh-SALT |
| Becquerelite | BECK-er-ite | Benitoite | beh-NEE-toe-ite |
| Beryl | BEHR-uhl | Biotite | By-oh-tite |
| Botryoidal | bah-tree-OY-dull | Breccia | BRETCH-ee-uh |
| Brucite | BREW-site | ||
| C | |||
| Cabochon | CAB-oh-shon | Calcite | KAL-site |
| Calomine | KAL-ah-mine | Calcareous | kal-CARE-ee-us |
| Carnelien | car-KNEEL-yun | Cassiterite | kuh-SIT-uh-rite |
| Cavansite | kuv-AN-site | Celestite | suh-LES-tite |
| Cerussite | suh-RUS-ite | Cervantite | sur-VAN-tite |
| Chabazite | cab-uh-zite | Chalcanthite | kal-CAN-thite |
| Chalcedony | kal-SED-n-ee | Chalcocite | kal-ko-site |
| Chalcopyrite | kal-ko-PIE-rite | Chalcotrichite | kal-ko-TREEK-ite |
| Chert | churt | Chiestolite | ky-AS-toe-lite |
| Chalcopyrite | kal-ko-PIE-rite | Chalcotrichite | kal-ko-TREEK-ite |
| Chrysoberyl | CHRIS-uh-behr-uhl | Chrysocolla | CHRIS-uh-cola |
| Chrysoprese | CHRIS-oh-preze | Chrysotile | CHRIS-oh-till |
| Cinnabar | SIN-uh-bar | Citrine | SIT-reen |
| Clarkeite | CLARK-ite | Conchoidal | Kon-KOY0-dull |
| Conglomerate | con-GLOM-ur-ite | Corundum | kuh-RUN-dum |
| Covellite | ko-VELL-ite | Cristobalite | chris-TOE-buh-lite |
| Crocoite | CROW-koh-ite | Cuprite | coo-prite |
| D | |||
| Datolite | Dat-oh-lite | Dendrite | DEN-drite |
| Diabase | DIE-ah-base | Dioptase | die-OP-tase |
| Diorite | DIE-oh-rite | Dolomite | DOE-luh-mite |
| Drusy | Drew-z | Dumortierite | du-MORT-ee-uh-rite |
| E | |||
| Enargite | en-AR-jite | Epidote | EP-ih-dote |
| Erythrite | ERR-uh-thrit | Euchroite | YOU-crow-ite |
| F | |||
| Fluorescence | Flor-ESS-ents | Fluorite | FLOO-ur-ite |
| Forsterite | for-STIR-ite | Fulgerite | FULG-your-ite |
| G | |||
| Gabbro | GAB-roo | Galena | guh-LEE-nuh |
| Gangue | Gang-u | Gastrolith | GAS-troh-lite |
| Genthite | GENN-thite | Geode | JEE-ode |
| Glauberite | GLOB-ur-ite | Glauconite | GLAW-kuh-nite |
| Gneiss | nice | Goethite | Guhr-tite |
| Goshentite | GO-shun-nite | Granite | GRANN-it |
| Graphite | GRAFF-ite | Gypsum | JIP-sum |
| H | |||
| Halite | HAY-lite | Hematite | HEEM-uh-tite |
| Heulandite | HEW-lun-dite | Hyalite | HIGH-uh-lite |
| I | |||
| Ilmenite | ILL-muh-nite | Itacolumite | IT-uh-COLL-you-mite |
| K | |||
| Kaolinite | kay-ILL-o-nite | Kyanite | KY-uh-nite |
| L | |||
| Lamellar | luh-mell-ur | Lapis Lazuli | LAP-is LAZ-you-les |
| Laumontite | LAW-mun-tite | Lepidolite | luh-PID-uh-lite |
| Limonite | LIME-uh-nite | Luminescense | lew-muh-NESS-ense |
| M | |||
| Malachite | MAL-uh-kite | Malleable | MAL-lee-uh-bull |
| Maganapatite | mang-gan-AP-uh-tite | Marcasite | MAR-kuh-site |
| Micaceous | my-KAY-shuhs | Microcline | MY-kro-kline |
| Mimetite | MIM-uh-tite | Muscovite | MUSS-koh-vite |
| N | |||
| Natrolite | NAY-tro-lite | Nepheline | NEFF-uh-lin |
| Niccolite | NICK-oh-lite | Novaculite | noh-VACK-you-lite |
| O | |||
| Obsidian | ob-SIDD-ee-un | Oligoclase | AHL-ih-go-klays |
| Oolitic | oh-uh-LIT-ick | Olivine | OLL-uh-veen |
| Orpiment | OR-puh-mint | Orthoclase | OR-tho-klays |
| P | |||
| Pectolite | PECK-toh-lite | Pegmatite | PEG-muh-tite |
| Peridot | PEAR-ih-doh | Phosphorescence | FOSS-fuh-RESS-ince |
| Piezoelectric | pee-a-zoh-e-LECK-trick | Placioclase | PLAJ-ee-uh-klase |
| Plumose | PLOO-mose | Porphyry | POR-fuh-ree |
| Prehnite | PRAY-nite | Prousite | PROOS-ite |
| Plumose | PLOO-mose | Porphyry | POR-fuh-ree |
| Pseudomorph | SUDE-uh-morf | Psilomelane | sill-LOM-uh-lane |
| Pumice | PUMM-ice | Pyroxene | pie-ROCKS-seen |
| Pyrolusite | PIE-ro-LEW-site | Pyrrhotite | PUR-uh-tite |
| R | |||
| Realgar | ree-AL-garr | Reniform | REN-uh-form |
| Resinous | REZ-uh-nuhss | Reticulated | ruh-TICK-u-late-ed |
| Rhodochrosite | ROE-doe-KRO-site | Rhyolite | RYE-O-lite |
| Riebeckite | RE-bah-kite | Rubellite | REW-buh-lite |
| Rutile | ROO-TEEL | Rutilated | ROO-tuh-late-ed |
| S | |||
| Segenite | SAJ-en-nite | Scheelite | SHEE-lite |
| Schist | shist | Selenite | SELL-eh-nite |
| Serpentine | SIR-pen-TEEN | Siderite | SID-ur-rite |
| Siliceous | Suh-LISH-us | Sillimanite | SILL-uh-muh-nite |
| Smithsonite | SMITH-son-ite | Sodalite | SO-duh-lite |
| Sphalerite | SFAL-uh-rite | Spinel | spuh-NELL |
| Spodumene | SPOD-you-meen | Staurolite | STAWR-uh-lite |
| Steatite | STEE-TITE | Stephanite | STEFF-uh-nite |
| Stibnite | STIB-nite | Stilbite | STILL-bite |
| Syenite | SIGH-uh-nite | Sylvanite | SILL-vah-nite |
| T | |||
| Tantalite | TAN-tuh-lite | Tanzanite | TAN-za-nite |
| Tetrohedrite | TET-ruh-HEE-drite | Thulite | THEW-lite |
| Torbernite | TAWR-burn-ite | Tourmaline | TOOR-muh-leen |
| Trechyte | TRAY-kite | Trone | TROE-nuh |
| Troostite | TRUE-stite | Turquoise | TURR-Koyz |
| U | |||
| Ulexite | YOU-luck-site | Ullmannite | ULL-man-ite |
| Unakite | YOU-nuh-kite | Uraninite | you-RAH-nun-nite |
| Uranophane | you-RAN-oh-fane | Uvarovite | oo-VAR-uh-vite |
| W | |||
| Wavellite | WAVE-uh-lite | Wernerite | VER-ner-ite |
| Willemite | WILL-uh-mite | Witherite | WITH-er-ite |
| Wolframite | WOOL-fruh-mite | Wulfenite | WOOL-fuh-nite |
| Z | |||
| Zeolite | ZEE-oh-lite | Zincite | ZING-kite |
| Zinnwaldite | TSIN-vahl-tite | Zircon | ZER-kahn |