Mineral Tables Minerals are divided into two groups: Metallic lustre and Non-Metallic lustre. The minerals in each group are listed approximately in order of increasing hardness according to Moh’s Hardness Scale. Determine lustre and hardness first, which will lead you to a location on the tables. Only selected properties are listed, generally those most useful. Mineral Table: Lustre Lustre: Lustre: Nonmetallic H (Metallic or Strong, Distinct Very Pale, Weak, or Submetallic) Streak with Colour Colourless Streak Native Gold Cinnabar (orange/red) Gypsum Native Silver Limonite Halite (Salt) Native Copper Hematite Kaolinite (Clay) Graphite Bauxite Molybdenite Talc Galena Mica Stibnite Vermiculite Calcite Chalcopyrite Sphalerite (yell./brown) Dolomite Pyrrhotite Hematite (red/brown) Apatite Bornite Malachite (green) Barite Sphalerite Azurite (blue) Fluorite Kyanite Serpentinite Quartz Pyrite Hornblende (gray/green) Feldspar Arsenopyrite Augite Amphiboles Magnetite Hematite (red/brown) Pyroxenes Hematite Olivine Epidote Garnet Tourmaline Corundum
Mineral Tables Minerals are divided into two groups: Metallic lustre and Non-Metallic lustre. The minerals in each group are listed approximately in order of increasing hardness according to Moh’s Hardness Scale. Determine lustre and hardness first, which will lead you to a location on the tables. Only selected properties are listed, generally those most useful. Mineral Table: Lustre Lustre: Lustre: Nonmetallic H (Metallic or Submetallic) Strong, Distinct Streak with Colour Very Pale, Weak, or Colourless Streak Native Gold Native Silver Native Copper Graphite Molybdenite Galena Stibnite Cinnabar (orange/red) Limonite Hematite Gypsum Halite (Salt) Kaolinite (Clay) Bauxite Talc Mica Vermiculite Chalcopyrite Pyrrhotite Bornite Sphalerite Sphalerite (yell./brown) Hematite (red/brown) Malachite (green) Azurite (blue) Calcite Dolomite Apatite Barite Fluorite Kyanite Serpentinite Pyrite Arsenopyrite Magnetite Hematite Hornblende (gray/green) Augite Hematite (red/brown) Quartz Feldspar Amphiboles Pyroxenes Olivine Epidote Garnet Tourmaline Corundum