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 * How the rock typically forms. explain in a few sentences. || Insert a picture illistrating the process by which the rock forms. ||
 * Insert a picture or pictures of some or all of the minerals that compose the rock. || insert a picture of the rock you are describing. ||

(examples include magnetism, fluorescence, smell, etc.) || special properties of minerals that can be used for identification purposes. ||  ||   ||
 * Mineral Property || Definition || Description: How is it used to ID unknown minerals? || Supporting Images ||
 * Luster || the way that a mineral reflects light from it's surface. || it's described as being metallic, or non metallic. ||  ||
 * Streak || the color of a mineral when it is broken up and powdered. ||  ||
 * sometimes the streak of a mineral is different from the external color of the mineral. a minerals streak rarely changes. ||  ||   ||
 * Hardness || a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched. ||  ||   ||
 * Cleavage || the ability of a mineral to split relatively easily along one or more flat planes. ||  ||   ||
 * Fracture || the ability of minerals to break with arclike, rough, or jagged edges. ||  ||   ||
 * Specific Gravity || the ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at 4 degrees C ||  ||   ||
 * Special / Unique


 * This is a Mercator map projection. Go on to explain benefits, drawbacks, uses..... ||  || [[image:http://www.math.ubc.ca/%7Eisrael/m103/mercator.png width="283" height="233" caption="http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/m103/mercator.png"]] ||
 * http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/m103/mercator.png ||  ||
 * This is a gnomic map projection. Go on to explain benefits, drawbacks, uses.... ||  || [[image:http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/images/gno_pac.gif width="309" height="243" caption="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/images/gno_pac.gif"]] ||
 * http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/images/gno_pac.gif ||  ||   ||
 * This is a conic map projection. Go on to explain benefits, drawbacks, uses.... ||  || [[image:http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/doc/gmt/html/GMT_Docs/img124.png width="278" height="174" caption="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/doc/gmt/html/GMT_Docs/img124.png"]] ||
 * http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/doc/gmt/html/GMT_Docs/img124.png ||  ||