MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART · PO Box 342, Huger, South Carolina 29450 843-216-8189...
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PO Box 342, Huger, South Carolina 29450 843-216-8189 843-216-8352 [email protected] www.minimegeology.com Mini Me Geology is a division of Giverny, Inc. MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART STREAK COLOR SPECIAL FEATURES MINERAL NAME MINERAL PHOTO Deep Blue AZURITE Green MALACHITE MAGNETITE AUGITE Can be scratched with fingernail (scratch hard) GYPSUM Tastes Salty (Let an adult check!) HALITE Will "fizz" or bubble when you drop vinegar on the sample. Also, sometimes forms a rhomb (looks like a squashed rectangle) CALCITE Often green, purple, yellow, white, blue or red FLUORITE Light Blue, Blue-Gray or Black Often appears as blades in other rock KYANITE Royal Blue, White or Gray with Green tints SODALITE Red usually, also Orange, Green, Brown, or other colors Typically found as individual crystals in a larger rock GARNET Always Purple Often shows good crystal point form AMETHYST Always White MILKY QUARTZ Looks grainy OLIVINE Looks smooth BERYL Mineral to Identify Colored Streak Colorless to White, can also be brownish-red or other colors Magnetic - can pick up a paperclip; Heavy White or Colorless Streak Green, Yellowish- Orange, sometimes colorless Dark, usually Black
Transcript of MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART · PO Box 342, Huger, South Carolina 29450 843-216-8189...
PO Box 342, Huger, South Carolina 29450
843-216-8189843-216-8352rockinfo@minimegeology.comwww.minimegeology.com
Mini Me Geology is a division of Giverny, Inc.
MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART
STREAK COLOR SPECIAL FEATURES MINERAL NAME MINERAL PHOTO
Deep Blue AZURITE
Green MALACHITE
MAGNETITE
AUGITE
Can be scratched with fingernail (scratch hard) GYPSUM
Tastes Salty (Let an adult check!) HALITE
Will "fizz" or bubble when you drop vinegar on the
sample. Also, sometimes forms a rhomb (looks like a
squashed rectangle)
CALCITE
Often green, purple, yellow, white, blue or red FLUORITE
Light Blue, Blue-Gray or Black
Often appears as blades in other rock KYANITE
Royal Blue, White or Gray with Green tints SODALITE
Red usually, also Orange, Green, Brown,
or other colors
Typically found as individual crystals in a larger rock GARNET
Always Purple Often shows good crystal point form AMETHYST
Always White MILKY QUARTZ
Looks grainy OLIVINE
Looks smooth BERYL
Min
eral
to Id
entif
y
Col
ored
Stre
ak
Colorless to White, can also be
brownish-red or other colors
Magnetic - can pick up a paperclip; Heavy
Whi
te o
r Col
orle
ss S
treak
Green, Yellowish-Orange, sometimes
colorless
Dark, usually Black
