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Gravity & 2.6 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Chemical composition & KAlSi3O8 \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{0.96124 cm} x{2.47176 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tourmaline}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Form & Prismatic \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Colour & Various, balck, brown, green \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Luster & Vitreous \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Steak & White \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Hardness & 7-7.5 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Cleavage & Poor/indistinct \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fracture & Conchoidal \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Sp. Gravity & 2.9-3.3 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.64784 cm} x{1.78516 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Calcite}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Form & Massive, Rhombohedron \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Colour & White, Colourless,Gray \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Luster & Vitreous \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Streak & White \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Hardness & 3 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Cleavage & Perfect \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fracture & Conchoidal \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Sp. Gravity & 2.7 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Chemical composition & CaCO3 \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}