\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Adnan (Gollum)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (geology.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Adnan (Gollum)) /Subject (Geology Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Geology Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Adnan (Gollum)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/153090/cs/32954/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Adnan (Gollum) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/gollum} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 1st July, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.09856 cm} x{2.33444 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Biotite}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Pale green, light brown, red brown \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Strongly pleochroic, light brown/green -dark brown/green \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Hexagonal plates \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Moderate \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Distinct cleavage, 1set \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Colourless, apatite \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Present, becomes chlorite \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross- nicol} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Interference} colour & Strong, ranges upto 2nd order red \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Parallel extinction \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Not observable \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diagnostic property & Col, pleo, Clea, int. Col \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.27021 cm} x{2.16279 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Muscovite}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Colorless \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Non-pleochroic, may be pale green \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Tabular crystals, lamellar, flaky \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Moderate \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & 1 set, perfect \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Present \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Present \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Under X- Nicol} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Int. Color & Upto 2nd order, yellow or red \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Parallel extinction \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Hard to detect \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Shape, cleavage, ex. Pos. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.78959 cm} x{2.64341 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Calcite}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Colorless, sometimes cloudy \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Pleochroism} & Non pleochroic \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Fine to coarse grained, subhedral to euhedral \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & High to low, variable \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & 3sets of perfect, rhombohedral \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Inclusion} & Present \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Alteration} & Absent \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross nicol} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Int. Col & High 3,4 or 5th order \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ex. position & Symmetrical to cleavage \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Prominent \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop & Col, Clea, rel, twink, int.col \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.13289 cm} x{2.30011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Olivine}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Colorless/ faint green \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Non-pleochroic \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Rounded/ anhedral \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & High \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Absent \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Absent \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Present \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross- nicol} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Int. Color & Bright colours of 2nd and 3rd order \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Parallel to cleavage \& crystal outlines \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Rare and poorly developed \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Col, cleav, ext. Pos \& twinning \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.09856 cm} x{2.33444 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hornblende}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Shades of yellow, green or brown \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Strongly pleochroic, yellowish green to dark brown \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Prismatic xtal, 6sided(basal section) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Moderate to high \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Two distinct cleavage \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Present \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Absent \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross- nicol} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Int.color & 2nd order \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Oblique section, b/w 12°-20° \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Simple twins \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Pleo, cleavage, ex.position \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.13289 cm} x{2.30011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Plagioclase}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Colorless \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Non-pleochroic \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Lath shape, Subhedral to anhedral \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Low \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Present \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Absent \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Present \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross- nicol} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Int. Color & 1st order, light grey to yellowish grey \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Oblique section \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Polysynthetic, Albite twin law \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Shape, rel, cleav, twin \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{0.85825 cm} x{2.57475 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Microcline}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Colour & Colorless, sometimes cloudy \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Pleochroism} & Non-pleochroic \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Lath shape, Subhedral to anhedral plates \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Low \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Perfect \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Under cross nicol} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Int. Color & 1st order grey \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ext. Position & Oblique, \textless{} varies upto 15° \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Cross hatched, or grid twinning \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Col, relief, shape and twinning \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.09856 cm} x{2.33444 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Quartz}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Color & Colorless \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pleochroism & Non-pleochroic \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Subhedral to euhedral, Trigonal \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Relief & Very low \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cleavage & Absent \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Inclusion & Present \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alteration & Absent \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Cross- nicol} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Anisotropic} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Interference} colour & 1st order, white and grey \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extinction position & Undulose extinction \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Twinning & Not visible \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diag. Prop. & Relief, cleavage, ex.pos., int.col.......it shows all -ve optical character \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}