Minerals

Front 1

Soft, greasy mineral.

good streak.

Back 1

Graphite

Front 2

Special property is smell

Back 2

Sulfur

Front 3

Malleable

Back 3

Copper

Front 4

Red Streak

Back 4

Hematite

Front 5

Smells like sulfur

Light brown streak

Back 5

Sphalerite

Front 6

Scratch glass. Fools good

Back 6

Pyrite

Front 7

Won't scratch glass darker that its partner

Back 7

Chalcopyrite

Front 8

Cubic and heavy

Back 8

Galena

Front 9

Will scratch glass ruby

Back 9

Corundum

Front 10

Yellowish brown streak

Back 10

Limonite

Front 11

Round circles in rock

Back 11

Bauxite

Front 12

Magnetic

Back 12

Magnetite

Front 13

Cubic slick and salty

Back 13

Halite

Front 14

Cubes or two pyramids base to base. Usually purple

Back 14

Fluorite

Front 15

Rhombohedral double image

Back 15

Calcite

Front 16

Pink Druzy, rice like crystals

Back 16

Dolomite

Front 17

Green crystals on another rock

Back 17

Malachite

Front 18

Clear, flat wavy thick sheets

Back 18

Gypsum selenite

Front 19

Looks like brush bristles

Back 19

Gypsum Satin Spar

Front 20

Olive green crystals

Back 20

Apatite

Front 21

Prism crystal, comchoidal fracturing. Looks milky

Back 21

Quartz (milky)

Front 22

Prism form, conchoidal fracturing clear hard rock

Back 22

Quartz (crystal)

Front 23

Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Pinkish color

Back 23

Quartz (rose)

Front 24

Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Often confused with fluorite

Back 24

Quartz (amethyst)

Front 25

Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Dark smoky color

Back 25

Quartz (smoky)

Front 26

Looks like green sugar

Back 26

Olivine

Front 27

Greenish black, more dull than vitreous, blocky shape

Back 27

Pyroxene

Front 28

Black long slender crystals, vitreous

Back 28

Amphibole

Front 29

Black/brown sheets

Back 29

Biotite

Front 30

Clear/green sheets. Flakes really easily

Back 30

Muscovite

Front 31

Gray with blue to purple flashes of color

Back 31

Ca-plagioclase

Front 32

White with striations

Back 32

Na-plagioclase

Front 33

Salmon pink with veins

Back 33

Orthoclase

Front 34

Feels like dry soap

Back 34

Talc

Front 35

Dark green, layered, pearly

Back 35

Chlorite

Front 36

Dark red, dodecahedral

Back 36

Garnet

Front 37

Sky blue, bladed, can have rust

Back 37

Kyanite

Front 38

Dark brown/black crystals often shaped like an x

Back 38

Staurolite

Front 39

Conchoidal fracturing, very smooth, sharp edges.

Back 39

Chert

Front 40

Creamy white, chalky look, sticks to tongue if licked, sticks to fingers. Powder look

Back 40

Kaolinite