Mineral 1.0: Mineral identification quiz

Mineral 1.0

Test your knowledge of specific minerals

Material: All | Silicates | Halides | Carbonates | Sulfates | Oxides | Phosphates | Hydroxides | Native elements | Sulfides
Difficulty: Normal | Hard



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Known/experimental properties:
Habit: Small, well-formed crystals
Lustre: Vitreous
Hardness: 6.5 - 7
Cleavage: None
Fracture: Conchoidal
Streak: White
Rxn w/ Acid: None
Magnetism: None
Specific Gravity: 3.8
Hint: Crystal habit, colour and hardness.



Zircon
Tremolite
Tourmaline
Quartz (smoky)
Chrysotile
Garnet
Nepheline
Antigorite
Epidote
Chalcedony
Kaolinite

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