Mineral 1.0: Mineral identification quiz

Mineral 1.0

Test your knowledge of specific minerals

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Difficulty: Normal | Hard



Identify the following mineral by clicking on the buttons below to reveal its properties one by one. For a harder/more specific test, choose from the test material above.

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Known/experimental properties:
Habit: Small blocky grains.
Lustre: Vitreous
Hardness: 5.5 - 6
Cleavage: Good / Uneven
Fracture: Uneven to conchoidal
Streak: White or gray
Rxn w/ Acid: None
Magnetism: None
Specific Gravity: 3.2 - 3.5
Hint: Colour, cleavage and hardness are indicative of a pyroxene. Augite has 2 cleavage planes at 90°.



Marcasite
Calcite (massive)
Wollastonite
Apatite
Quartz (smoky)
Olivine
Chalcocite
Bornite
Calcite (sparry)
Augite
Graphite
Sphalerite
Alabaster
Magnetite
Nepheline
Stibnite

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