MINERAL PROPERTIES
Answer Checking Table
Sample Number
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
32
34
36
39
50
51
52
54
79
80
84
90
102
103
105
106
107
108
109
110
112
113
Color
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Not Determined
black
black & green
black & lavender
blue
brown
colorless
colorless & white
green
grey
grey & red
lavender
many colors (>2)
purple
red
white
yellow
Streak
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Not Determined
black
blue
colorless
green
green-black
grey
red-brown
white
yellow
yellow-brown
Hardness
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Not Determined
soft
intermediate
hard
Crystal
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Not Determined
multiple forms
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
Breakage
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Not Determined
cubic
fracture
octahedral
prismatic
rhombohedral
sheets
Density
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Not Determined
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Misc. Visual
Properties
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Not Determined
acicular
banded
botryoidal
concentric
concretion
dendritic
double-refraction
earthy
equant
fibrous
fibrous & parallel
fibrous & radial
filiform
foliated
geode
irridescence
massive
metallic
micaceous
oolitic
opaque
pisolitic
prismatic
radiated
reniform
silky
stalactitic
striations
translucent
transparent
vitreous
Misc. Non-Visual
Properties
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Not Determined
acts as a magnet
cracking sound
elastic
reacts with HCl
responds to magnet
rotten egg smell
salty taste
© 2003 Wayne G. Powell and David J. Leveson