Joseph Justine D.

Yadao
11 - Socrates

MINERAL NAME LUSTER MOHS CLEAVAGE STREAK SPECIFIC SPECIAL MINERAL PRACTICAL
NO. GRAVITY PROPERTY CLASS USE
AMETHYST Vitreous or 7 None White 2.65 Piezoelectric Silicates Ailments
Glassy Healing
Jewelry and
Birth stone
BIOTITE Vitreous 2.5 - 3 Basal, White to 2.7 - 3.4 Flexible in Mica Industrial
Perfect gray, thin sheets
flakes
often
produced
CALCITE Vitreous 3 Perfect, White 2.7 Phosphore- Carbonate Acid
Rhombohedr scent Neutralizer,
al, Abrasive, soil
Three conditioner,
directions
CHALCOPYRIYTE Metallic 3.5 - 4 Poor Greenish 4.1 - 4.3 Magnetic Sulfide Primary ore of
black when heated copper
DOLOMITE Vitreous, 3.5 - 4 Perfect, White 2.8 - 2.9 Tribolumisce Carbonate Construction
pearly Rhombohedr nt aggregate,
al,Three Cement
directions manufacture,
An oil and gas
reservoir,
FELDSPAR Vitreous 6 - 6.5 Two or three White 2.55 - Exsolution Silicate Used to make
2.76 lamellae dinnerware,
Used as a flux
GALENA Metalic on 2.5+ Perfect, Lead gray 7.4 - 7.6 Natural Sulfide Ore of lea
fresh cubic, three to black Semiconduct
surfaces, directions at or
tarnishes dull right angles
GRAPHITE Metallic, 1-2 Perfect in Black 2.1 - 2.3 Strongly Native Used for
sometimes one direction Anisotropic, Element insulators,
earthy Conducts Battery
Electricity anodes, a dry
lubricant.
Joseph Justine D. Yadao
11 - Socrates

Lead in
pencils
GYPSUM Vitreous 2 Perfect White 2.3 Manufacture Sulfate Used to
of wallboard manufacture
dry wall,
Agricultural
soil treatment
LIGNITE Dull to 2.5 - 3 Non Existent Black 1 - 1.32 High Coal Type of Coal
Vitreous to moisture
Submetallic content
MAGNETITE Metallic 5.5 - 6.5 Indistinct Black 5.17 - Strongly Oxides Studies of
5.18 Magnetic Earth
magnetic
field. Ore of
Iron
MICA Pearly, 2.5 - 4 Almost White, 2.8 - 3.0 Phlogophyte Silicates Used in
Vitreous Perfect colorless construction,
electrical
industry,
cosmetics
and etc
QUARTZ Vitreous 7 None Colorless 2.6 - 2.7 Piezoelectric, Silicates Glass Making,
may be Abrasive,
Tribolumine- Gemstone
scent
SULFUR Crystal/Dull 1.5 - 2.5 None Yellow 2.0 - 2.1 Manufacture Native Food
of Element preservative,
Phosphoric Pharma-
Acid ceuticals
TOURMALINE Virteous 2.8 - 2.3 Indistinct White 2.8 - 3.3 Double Silicate Gemstone
when Refractive,
softer, Pleochroism.
Colorless
when
harder