MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART

PO Box 342, Huger, South Carolina 29450

843-216-8189 843-216-8352 rockinfo@

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STREAK

MINERAL IDENTIFICATION FLOW CHART

COLOR Deep Blue

SPECIAL FEATURES

MINERAL NAME AZURITE

MINERAL PHOTO

Colored Streak

Green Dark, usually Black

Magnetic - can pick up a paperclip; Heavy

MALACHITE MAGNETITE

AUGITE

Mineral to Identify White or Colorless Streak

Colorless to White, can also be

brownish-red or other colors

Light Blue, Blue-Gray or Black

Royal Blue, White or Gray with Green tints

Red usually, also Orange, Green, Brown,

or other colors

Always Purple

Can be scratched with fingernail (scratch hard)

Tastes Salty (Let an adult check!)

Will "fizz" or bubble when you drop vinegar on the sample. Also, sometimes forms a rhomb (looks like a

squashed rectangle)

Often green, purple, yellow, white, blue or red

Often appears as blades in other rock

Typically found as individual crystals in a larger rock

Often shows good crystal point form

GYPSUM HALITE

CALCITE

FLUORITE KYANITE SODALITE GARNET AMETHYST

Always White

MILKY QUARTZ

Green, YellowishOrange, sometimes

colorless

Looks grainy Looks smooth

OLIVINE BERYL

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