1. Identifying Minerals
Foldable

2. Amethyst Purple quartz
Color (1st Flap)
Citrine quartz
Some minerals can come in a variety of colors (example: quartz)
Not a reliable indicator
Rose Pink quartz
Clear/cloudy quartz
Polished smokey quartz
Smokey gray quartz
Clear (or colorless) quartz

3. Luster (2nd Flap) The way the surface reflects light Shiny or dull
Metallic
Dull Nonmetallic
Luster (2nd Flap)
The way the surface reflects light
Shiny or dull
Pearly or glassy
Metallic or Nonmetallic
Submetallic
Shiny Nonmetallic
Dull Nonmetallic
Shiny Metallic

4. Streak (3rd Flap) Color of a mineral in a powder form
Rub mineral against a piece of unglazed porcelain (called a streak plate)
More reliable test than color
Streak Plate
Mineral in powder form

5. Cleavage and Fracture (4th Flap)
Mica
The way a mineral breaks
Cleavage=break along smooth, flat surfaces
Fracture=break unevenly, rough, jagged surface
Conchoidal fracture (curved)

6. Hardness (5th flap) Measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
To determine the hardness of minerals scientist use the Mohs hardness scale
1-Talc 10-Diamonds

7. Mohs Hardness Scale

8. Other Properties (6th Flap)
Magnetic
Acid causes fizzing to occur (Chemical reaction)
Taste
Radioactivity/fluorescence
Halite is salty
Uranium
Radioactive
Fluorescence
Andersonite
Radioactive