Physical Properties | Possible Minerals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METALLIC and SUBMETALLIC LUSTER | [more properties] | HEMATITE, Fe2O3 | |||
| MAGNETITE, Fe3O4 | |||||
| PYRITE, FeS2 | |||||
| NON-METALLIC LUSTER (BUT NOT EARTHY) | Light Colored | Harder than Glass | Cleavage | [more properties] | POTASSIUM FELDSPAR, KAlSi3O8 |
| PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8, Na>Ca | |||||
| NO Cleavage | [more properties] | OLIVINE, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 | |||
| QUARTZ, SiO2 | |||||
| GARNET, (Mg,Fe,Ca)3Al2Si3O12 | |||||
| Softer than Glass | Cleavage | [more properties] | CALCITE, CaCO3 | ||
| DOLOMITE, CaMg(CO3)2 | |||||
| MUSCOVITE, KAl2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 | |||||
| HALITE, NaCl | |||||
| GYPSUM, CaSO4*nH2O | |||||
| TALC, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | |||||
| KAOLINITE, Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | |||||
| Dark Colored | Harder than Glass | NO Cleavage | [more properties] | GARNET, (Fe,Mg,Ca)3Al2Si3O12 | |
| QUARTZ, SiO2 | |||||
| OLIVINE, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 | |||||
| Cleavage | [more properties] | HORNBLENDE, NaCa2(Mg,Fe,Al)5(Al,Si)8O22(OH)2 | |||
| AUGITE, Ca(Mg,Fe)Si2O6 | |||||
| PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR, (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8, Ca>Na | |||||
| EPIDOTE, Ca2FeAl2Si3O12(OH) | |||||
| GARNET, (Fe,Mg,Ca)3Al2Si3O12 | |||||
| Softer than Glass | Cleavage | [more properties] | BIOTITE, K(Fe,Mg)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 | ||
| CHLORITE, (Mg,Fe)6Si4O10(OH)8 | |||||
| CALCITE, CaCO3 | |||||
| DOLOMITE, CaMg(CO3)2 | |||||
| EARTHY | Light Colored | [more properties] | CALCITE, CaCO3 | ||
| DOLOMITE, CaMg(CO3)2 | |||||
| Dark Colored | [more properties] | HEMATITE, Fe2O3 | |||
| CALCITE, CaCO3 | |||||
| DOLOMITE, CaMg(CO3)2 | |||||
