Did you know there are over 5,000 species of minerals in the world? It’s virtually impossible to remember them all, let alone what they all look like. This is why it’s important to tak… 展开

Once you have observed and recorded as many of your mineral specimen’s physical properties as possible, it’s time to use that data to identify your mineral. In order to do this, you simply f… 展开

Some of these tools I have found very useful, while others are hit-and-miss. If you choose to use any of them I would still highly recommend that you first test your specimen for as … 展开

If you have gone through all of these steps and you still haven’t come to a satisfactory answer, there are some additional measures you can take. Geology can be absolutely crazy … 展开