Naturally occurring Solid Inorganic Crystalline form Definite chemical composition.

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Naturally occurringSolidInorganicCrystalline formDefinite chemical composition

LusterHardnessStreakColorCrystal Cleavage/FractureOther

Field Test•Try to scratch with Fingernail - if so, 2.5

if not, •Try to scratch with Copper Penny – if so, 3

if not, •Try to scratch withSteel Nail – if so, 5

if not, •Try to scratch withGlass Plate – if so, 5.5

if not,•Try to scratch with Streak Plate – if so, 7.5 if not, > 7.5

Scratch a mineral with either another mineral or field test materials. The harder mineral will leave a mark or cut into the softer mineral.

Rub the mineral across the porcelain plate. The color left behind is the streak. Nonmetallic minerals and those that have a hardness greater than the streak plate will leave either white or no streak.

Fracture

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Crystal (galena) (pyrite) (fluorite) (quartz) Twinning(staurolite)

Fluorescense (fluorite)HCl Acid Reaction (calcite)Heft (galena)Magnetism (magnetite)Plasticity (mica)Smell (sulfur)Sound: actually a reaction to heat expansion

(sulfur)Taste (halite)Touch (talc) (graphite) (kaolonite)