Geology Minerals

Images and descriptions of 28 basic minerals.

28 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Hornblende
Answer 1
Black to green, 2-D not at right angles (do not confuse with augite)
Kaolinite
Answer 2
Looks like chalk, no HCI reaction
Biotite
Answer 3
Black, elastic, 1-D, perfect cleavage
Chlorite
Answer 4
Greenish, flexible, 1-D (look for small flakes)
Halite
Answer 5
Transparent, soft, 3-D perfect (cubic)
Flourite
Answer 6
Soft, 4-D
Galena
Answer 7
Metallic, hi s.g., 3-D perfect (cubic)
Muscovite
Answer 8
Colorless, silvery, elastic, 1-D perfect cleavage
Chalcopyrite
Answer 9
Metallic, yellowish, soft, no cubes
Sphalerite
Answer 10
6-D, yellowish where damaged, resinous
Quartz
Answer 11
Transparent, translucent, hard, no cleavage
Augite
Answer 12
Green to black, 2-D at right angles
Olivine
Answer 13
Green and glassy aggregates, no cleavage
Pyrite
Answer 14
Metallic, yellowish, hard
Limonite
Answer 15
Earthy, yellowish-brown to orange streak is diagnostic