TABLE 1.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS IDENTIFICATION

---------------------------------------------------------------NAME

COLOUR

STREAK

LUSTER

HARDNESS

REACTION WITH ACID

SKETCH

Microline (Orthoclase) 1

Pink

White

Glassy

Plagioclase Feldspar (Labradorite) 2

Dark green

No colour (White)

Sub metallic

Quartz CrystalPure Crystalline Silica 3

Crystal clear

No colour (colourless)

Dull

Reactive

Milky Quartz 4

Milky white

No colour (White)

Viterous

Non-reactive

Muscovite 5 Silvery

Shining colour (White)

Submetallic

Hornblende (Amphibole) 6

Dark shining

Shining gray (Brown grey)

Metallic

Reactive