Mineral+Identification+Chart

Compare your results to this chart and see if any of your unknown minerals matches.


 * **Mineral Name** || **Colour** || **Streak** || **Hardness** || **Lustre** || **Additional Properties** ||
 * ** __calcite__ ** || white/clear || white || 3 || vitreous || reacts with vinegar to produce carcon dioxide ||
 * ** __halite__ ** || white/clear || white || 2.5 || vitreous || tastes salty ||
 * ** __fluorite__ ** || occurs in all colours || white || 4 || vitreous || it is fluorescent (glows in ultraviolet light) ||
 * ** __sulfur__ ** || yellow || yellow || 1.5-2.5 || dull || smells like a rotten egg ||
 * ** __mica__ ** || clear/brown || brown/tan || 2.5-3 || vitreous || peels off in thin strips ||
 * ** __hematite__ ** || blsck/brown || reddish brown || 5.5-6.5 || dull || important iron ore ||
 * ** __feldspar__ ** || white/pink/peach || no streak || 6 || vitreous || found in granite ||
 * ** __pyrite__ ** || gold || brown/black || 6-6.5 || metallic || also known as fool's gold ||
 * ** __quartz__ ** || white || no streak || 7 || vitreous || most sand is quartz ||
 * ** __galena__ ** || grey/silver || grey || 2.5-3 || metallic || primary source of lead ||

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