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    Name ______________________ Date ____ / ____ / ____

    IDENTIFYING UNKNOWN MINERALS


    Minerals can be identified by carefully observing their physical characteristics. These
    characteristics include:
    Color: this depends on the substance that makes up the crystals and varies greatly.
    Hardness: depends on the substance and can be determined using a scratch test.
    Luster: this refers to how light reflects off the mineral, how "shiny" it is.

    Use the information about color, hardness, and luster given in the three tables below to
    provide the name of the unknown mineral in the table at the bottom of the page.

    Hardness Scale
    Hardness Mineral Common Tests
    1 Talc Fingernail will Color Mineral
    2 Gypsum/Kaolinite scratch it. Quartz, Feldspar,
    A copper penny White: Calcite, Kaolinite,
    3 Mica/Calcite Talc
    will scratch it.
    4 Fluorite Knife blade or Yellow: Quartz, Kaolinite
    window glass Black: Hornblende, Mica
    5 Apatite/Hornblende Gray: Feldspar, Gypsum
    will scratch it.
    6 Feldspar Quartz, Calcite,
    Will scratch a Colorless:
    7 quartz Gypsum
    steel knife or
    8 Topaz
    window glass.
    9 Corundum
    Will scratch all Luster Mineral
    10 Diamond common Glassy: Quartz, Feldspar,
    materials Hornblende
    Pearly: Mica, Gypsum, Talc
    Dull: Kaolinite
    Unknown minerals' properties

    Hardness Color Luster Mineral


    Will scratch a steel
    Yellow Glassy
    knife or window glass.
    Will scratch a steel
    Gray Glassy
    knife or window glass.
    A copper penny will
    Black Pearly
    scratch it.
    Fingernail will scratch
    White Pearly
    it.
    Knife blade or window
    Black Glassy
    glass will scratch it.

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