You can print this out and use it for your mineral identification needs:
Mineral Identification Work Chart
| Sample No. | | | | |
| Color | | | | |
| Luster | | | | |
| Crystal System | | | | |
| Composition | | | | |
| Form | | | | |
| Hardness | | | | |
| Streak | | | | |
| Sp. Gravity | | | | |
| Cleavage | | | | |
| Fracture | | | | |
| Florescence | | | | |
| Phosphorescent | | | | |
| Sectile | | | | |
| Malleable | | | | |
| Brittle | | | | |
| Ferro-Magnetic | | | | |
| Para-Magnetic. | | | | |
| Non-Magnetic | | | | |
| Transparent | | | | |
| Translucent | | | | |
| Opaque | | | | |
| Mineral | | | | |
This is enough to identify four minerals. Most of the questions can be answered by a simple yes or no. By answering these questions you will be able to identify most minerals from a simple handbook of minerals that are available at any bookstore. Mineral identification is done by a process of elimination. What doesn’t match the description of your mineral is not what you have found.
