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Silicates

Quartz: SiO2 , hardness = 7, conchoidal fracture, prismatic crystal form, variable color .

 

Orthoclase: Al , hardness = 6, two planes of cleavage perpendicular, tabular crystal form, salmon or aquamarine.

 

Albite: Al , hardness = 6, two planes of cleavage perpendicular, tabular crystal form, white or grey.

 

Biotite: K(Mg,Fe)2 AlSi3O10 (OH2), Hardness 2-3, 1 plane of cleavage, tabular crystal form, brown

Pyroxene: (Mg,Fe)2 Si2O6, Hardness 6-7, 2 Planes 90 degrees, Prismatic Crystal form, Black, Green

Olivine: (Fe, Mg)2SiO4, Hardness 6-7, fracture, green, granular

Other Common Minerals

 

Calcite: CaCO3, Hardness = 3, 3 planes of cleavage 60 and 180 degrees, rhombohedral crystal form, variable color

Fluorite: CaF , hardness = 4, four planes of cleavage tetrahedral, tetrahedral or cubic crystal form, purple of clear.

Halite: NaCl, Hardness 2-3, three places of clevage 90 degrees, cubic crystal form, variable color.

Pyrite: FeS2, Hardness 6-7, fracture, Pyrtiohedron/cubic crystal form, gold

Gypsum: CaSO4 H2O, Hardness 2, 2 planes of cleavage 90 degrees, tabular crystal form, white, pink

Hematite: Fe2O3, Hardness-5-6, fracture, bladed or massive, grey, reddish-brown.