METALLIC TO SUBMETALLIC MINERALS FRACTURE CLEAVAGE CRT yellow or brown white, yellow, or brown CLEAVAGE colorless BOJA yellow,

brown, black white, red yellow, brown, green, black dark green, dark brown, or black lead - gray or silver black, silver, or gray brassy yellow red -brown, black, silver black or silver brownish TVRDOA FRACTURE KALAVOST one direction indistinct perfect cleavage in 6 directions perfect cleavage in one direction cleavage in 3 directions at 90 degrees cleavage sometimes indistinct conchoidal fracture SJAJ PROZIRNOST OSTALA SVOJSTVA silky, fibrous appearance brittle, looks like resin thin flakes, tough, flexible breaks to form tiny steps marks paper, soils fingers, slippery sometimes in crystal shapes sometimes oolitic or magnetic strongly magnetic SPECIFINA GRAVITACIJA 3.3 -4.3 IME MINERALA GETIT

5 - 5.5

submetallic

translucent

3.5 - 4

submetallic

translucent

3.9 - 4.1

SFALERIT

2.5 - 3

submetallic

translucent

2.8 - 3.2

BIOTIT

lead - gray

2.5

metallic metallic or submetallic metallic metallic or submetallic metallic or submetallic metallic

opaque

7.4 - 7.6

GALENIT

black

1-2

opaque

2.23

GRAFIT

black

6 - 6.5

opaque

5.02

PIRIT

reddish

5 - 6.5

fracture

opaque

5.56

HEMATIT

black FRACTURE black greenish black

fracture

opaque

5.18

MAGNETIT

fracture

opaque

weakly magnetic

4.58 - 4.65

PIRHOTIN

brassy yellow brassy with iridescent colors

3.5 - 4

fracture indistinct cleavage

metallic

opaque

brittle iridescent peacock colors

4.1 - 4.3

CHALCOPYRITE

black

metallic

opaque

5.0 -5.1

BURNIT

By: Art Crossman Mineralogy / Petrology (1997)

NONMETALLIC MINERALS HARDNESS (7 - 4) CRT white or colorless white or colorless white or colorless white or colorless greenish CLEAVAGE colorless yellow or brown white white to gray white, yellow, or brown white BOJA green to black white, gray, pink, clear, green, yellow white, gray clear, blue green colorless, gray, white green, gray brown, black brown, dark green, black yellow, brown, or black green, brown yellow, pink violet, etc. greenish, yellowish, black white, red yellow, brown green, black pink, white gray, and others TVRDOA FRACTURE KALAVOST one direction indistinct two directions at 90 degrees two directions at 90 degrees one direction indistinct two directions intersects at 90 degrees two directions intersects at 56 & 124 degrees one direction indistinct poor cleavage in one direction one direction indistinct perfect cleavage in 6 directions 3 direction, rhombic indistinct SJAJ PROZIRNOST transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent OSTALA SVOJSTVA typically pistachio green few if any striations striations on cleavage faces softer than quartz, cleavage brittle appears fibrous or silky appears fibrous or silky brittle, fractured masses varigated, sometimes fibrous brittle, looks like resin HCl fizz only with powder SPECIFINA GRAVITACIJA 3.35 -3.4 IME MINERALA EPIDOT

6-7

vitreous - dull

6 - 6.5

vitreous

2.5 - 2.6

ORTOKLAS

vitreous greasy vitreous vitreous to dull vitreous dull to admantine

2.6 -2.8

PLAGIOKLAS

5.5 - 6

2.6 - 2.65

NEFELIN

5 - 5.5

transluscent

3.2 - 3.6

AUGIT

5-6

transluscent

3.0 - 3.4

HORNBLENDA

5 - 5.5

transluscent transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent

3.3 - 4.3

GETIT

vitreous greasy to waxy resinous to adamantine vitreous pearly

3.1 - 3.2

APATIT

3-5

2.3

SERPENTIN

3.5 - 4

transluscent transparent, transluscent

3.9 - 4.1

SFALERIT

3.5 - 4

2.85

DOLOMIT

NONMETALLIC MINERALS HARDNESS (4 - 1) STREAK COLOR any color clear, yellow purple, blue white, gray red, brown clear, etc. white, gray green, yellow clear, etc. dark green dark brown or black yellow to brown in thin sheets greenish, gray, black clear, white yellowish, silvery, etc. white, gray, yellowish white, gray blue, red clear white, gray brown, red clear & others green, gray white, silver & other colors HARDNESS FRACTURE CLEAVAGE perfect four directions perfect 3 directions small faces perfect 3 directions, "rhombic" perfect cleavage in one direction perfect in one direction perfect in one direction indistinct perfect cleavage in one direction one direction but usually indistinct perfect 3 directions at 90 degrees perfect in one direction 2 indistinct one direction but usually indistinct LUSTER DIAPHANEITY transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent OTHER PROPERTIES sometimes fluorescent very heavy for a nonmetallic mineral breaks rhombic HCl reaction double refraction thin flakes, tough, flexible frequently a copper - like luster foliated or scaly appearance splits into thin sheets plastic when wet crumbly when dry water soluble, tastes salty sometimes as fibrous masses feels greasy, tiny flakes upon rubbing SPECIFIC GRAVITY 3.18 MINERAL NAME FLUORITE

white

vitreous

white

3 - 3.5

vitreous- pearly

4.3 - 4.6

BARITE

white

vitreous- pearly

2.71

CALCITE

colorless colorless to white gray to green colorless

2.5 - 3

nonmetallic vitreous to pearly vitreous dull pearly vitreous to pearly dull, earthy vitreous to pearly vitreous to pearly pearly to greasy

transluscent

2.8 - 3.2

BIOTITE

2.5 - 3

transparent transparent, transluscent

2.68

PHLOGOPITE

CLEAVAGE

2 - 2.5

2.6 - 3.3

CHLORITE

2 - 2.5

transparent

2.7 - 3.0

MUSCOVITE

white

2 - 2.5

transluscent transparent, transluscent transparent, transluscent transluscent, opaque

2.6

KAOLINITE

white

2 - 2.5

2.16

HALITE

white

1.5 - 2

2.3 - 2.4

GYPSUM

white

2.7 - 2.8

TALC

NONMETALLIC MINERALS HARDNESS (9 - 1) STREAK COLOR brown, pink, blue & others black, green brown, pink yellow usually red, green, black or any color any color olive, green, brown red - brown, silver, or black yellow, brown, or black white, gray yellow, red brown HARDNESS FRACTURE CLEAVAGE fracture, sometimes with parting fracture LUSTER vitreous to adamantine vitreous vitreous to resinous vitreous to greasy vitreous DIAPHANEITY transparent, transluscent transparent, to opaque transparent, to opaque transparent to transluscent transparent to transluscent opaque transluscent, opaque transluscent, opaque OTHER PROPERTIES sometimes has hexagonal crystals sometimes striations sometimes isometric crystals sometimes has hexagonal crystals frequently as granular masses sometimes oolitic or magnetic earthy color and appearance pisolitic SPECIFIC GRAVITY 4.02 MINERAL NAME CORUNDUM

colorless

colorless

7 - 7.5

3.02 - 3.2

TOURMALINE

colorless

6.5 - 7.5

fracture conchoidal fracture conchoidal fracture

3.5 - 4.3

GARNET

colorless FRACTURE colorless

2.65

QUARTZ

6.5 - 7

3.27 - 4.27

OLIVINE

reddish

5 - 6.5

fracture

dull

5.26

HEMATITE

yellowish-brown

4 - 5.5

fracture

dull

2.7 - 4.3

LIMONITE

white

1-3

fracture

dull earthy

2.00 - 2.55

BAUXITE

By: Art Crossman Mineralogy / Petrology (1997)