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Quest: Mineral Identification

After you watch the Identifying Minerals video, you will want to test your skills at identifying minerals. Be sure to download the Mineral Identification Chart to help.

The questions are chosen randomly, so this quest will be different each time you reload the page.


Properties for this mineral:

  • Color: yellow-orange
  • Luster: vitreous
  • Streak: none
  • Hardness: scratches glass
  • It breaks with: conchoidal fracture

When you have compared these properties with the ID Chart, and think you know the answer, click here.

This is the mineral quartz. When quartz has a yellow color, it is often called citrine, but the color is due to impurities. It still has the same chemical formula as other quartz.


Properties for this mineral:

  • Color: white, gray, clear
  • Luster: vitreous
  • Streak: white
  • Hardness: scratched by fingernail
  • It breaks with: perfect cleavage in one direction
  • Special: Easily breaks into thin sheets

When you have compared these properties with the ID Chart, and think you know the answer, click here.

This is the mineral muscovite.


Properties for this mineral:

  • Color: purple
  • Luster:vitreous
  • Streak: none
  • Hardness: scratches glass
  • It breaks with: conchoidal fracture

When you have compared these properties with the ID Chart, and think you know the answer, click here.

This is the mineral quartz. Purple quartz is often called amethyst, but it still has the same chemical formula as other quartz.


Properties for this mineral:

  • Color: silver
  • Luster: metallic
  • Streak: black
  • Hardness: scratched by penny
  • It breaks with: cleavage in three directions - cubes

When you have compared these properties with the ID Chart, and think you know the answer, click here.

This is the mineral galena.


Properties for this mineral:

  • Color: clear
  • Luster: vitreous
  • Streak: none
  • Hardness: scratches glass
  • It breaks with: conchoidal fracture

When you have compared these properties with the ID Chart, and think you know the answer, click here.

This is the mineral quartz.

The questions are chosen randomly, so this quest will be different each time you reload the page.