Mineral Identification Tests

 

 

Color

Hardness

Streak

Cleavage (how does it break? angles between faces?)

Fracture surfaces (if there is no cleavage)

Crystal form (cubic, rhombohedral, etc.)

Tenacity (is it brittle, flexible?)

Specific gravity/density

Reaction to acid

Luster (earthy, glassy, waxy, metallic?)

Striations

Magnetism