Mineral Collection Project

Talc Feldspar Calcite

Color: White Color: Brown Color: Brown
Streak: White Streak: White Streak: White
Lustre: Dull, Non-metallic Lustre: Dull, Vitreous Lustre: Glassy, Non-metallic
Density: Light Hardness: 6-scratches glass Hardness: 3-Scratched by nails
Hardness: 1-Easily scratched by fingernail Other Properties: Cleavage- Good in 2 Other properties: Fizzes in dilute
Other Properties: Powdery-greasy feel directions hydrochloric acid

Gypsum Sandstone Quartzite

Color: White Color: Black Color: Brown
Streak: White Streak: Black Streak: Brown
Lustre: Pearly to earthy Density: Light Lustre: Non-magnetic
Hardness: 2-Scrathed by fingernail Lustre: Non-metallic Hardness: 7- very hard
Hardness: 7- Scratch with a concrete nails
Quartz Granite
Color: Silver Color: White
Lustre: Glassy, Non-metallic Streak: white with dark fined-grains
Density: Light
Rhyolite
Color: Light coloured Lustre: Non-metallic
Hardness: 7-Scratch with a concrete nails Hardness: 7-very hard
Streak: Brown
Other properties: Very common mineral
Lustre: Dull, Non-metallic
Hardness: 7- Scratch with a concrete nails
Limestone
Banded Gneiss
Color: White
Submitted
Streak: to: Sir Dominic
White
Pumice C: alternating bands of light and dark
Billen Color: Brown coloured
Lustre: Non-metallic
Submitted by: Gemma T. Streak: Brown Streak: light with dark fined-grains
Hardness: 3-4 Scratched by nails
Costanilla Lustre: Non-metallic Lustre: Non-metallic
Hardness: 3-Scratched by nails Hardness: 7-Very hard
Other properties: Does not have cleavage