2011-2012
Mineral Guide
In alphabetical order
Acanthine
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(Colors)-Gray and black
(Hardness)-2.5-3
(Streak)Shiny black
(Luster)-Metallic
(Specific Gravity)-Approximately 5.5
(Uses)-Acanthine is used for lead and other by-products of silver.
(Interesting facts)1-Acanthine is used for lead.
2-Acanthine can be cut just like lead.
3-Acanthine comes from Latin a word and has a abbreviations which is Ag.
Cassandra Todd
Agate
• Nicole Willis
• Color: nearly any color even
colorless
• Hardness: 7-9
• Streak: Agate is the mystical
birthstone for September
• Luster: glassy
• Specific Gravity: 2.65-2.66g/cm3
• Uses: Gemstone and ornamental
stone
• At least 3 interesting facts:
– In all color of the rainbows although
green blue are quite
– Agate is the accepted gemstone for
the 12 and 14 weeding
anniversaries
– Relatively inexpensive
Amethyst
Asia Munn
The name of my mineral is Amethyst. Its color is various
shades of purple. It has a hardness of 7(seven). It has white as
its streak. My luster is vitreous a synonym for vitreous is
glassy. It has specific gravity which is density of 2.64 – 2.69. It
has 2 uses which is gemstone and ornamental stones. I have 3
different facts which are it occurs in gross as geodes of
crystals radiating ,they can also have smoky quartz clouds
inside, and it is the birthstone for February.
ANATASE
• BY : Nathan Hester
• Color : brown, black, yellow, blue
• Hardness : 5.5,6
• Streak : white
• Luster : Submetallic (hard)
• Gravity : 3.8,3.9
• Uses : mineral specimens
• Fun facts :
1: Name origin-from the Greek,
anatass-”elongation”
2: synonym-octahedrite
3: Environment-usually secondary
derived from other ti-bearing
minerals
ANATASE
Dakota bazaldua anatase
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Mineral specimens
Titanium
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Name: Selina Chavez
Color: Yellow or Yellowish Green
Hardness: 2.5
Streak: Pale Yellow
Luster: Vitreous (glassy) to pearly
Specific Gravity: 2.9 average
Uses: Mineral Specimens
Interesting Facts:
It has a luster that seems to glow
Is a rare mineral usually seen in museums
Radioactive Mineral
Andradite
Alexus Melissa Graham
Colors: green, black, yellow,
greenish gray
Hardness: 6.5 -7.5
Streak: is white
Luster: Vitreous (like glass)
Specific Gravity: is
Approximately 3.8+
Uses: Gemstone and
Abrasive
3 interesting facts:
-Forms rounded crystals
with 12 rhombic or 24
trapezoidal
-the calcium iron garnet
-these garnets form from
metamorphism
Angelite
• By: Joanna Landeta
The colors is white, gray, or colorless but also blue to violet.
The hardness of Angelite is 3.5
The streak of Angelite is white.
The luster of Angelite is vitreous.
The specific gravity is approximately 3.0 (average for translucent minerals.)
The uses of Angelite is in the manufacturing of some cement (a source of
sulfate for sulfuric acid.)
1. This loss of water produces a reduction in volume of the rock layer and
can cause the formation of caverns as the rocks shrinks.
2. Lilac blue anhydrate is sometimes called Angelite for it’s Angelite color.
3. Fine specimens of Anhydrite have been found in Mexico and Peru that
show good crystal.
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Colors: green, yellow, blue, redish brown,
purple.
Streak: white.
Specific gravity (density): approximately
3.1-3.2.
Uses: fertilizer, gemstones, mineral
specimen.
Hardness: is 5.
Luster: vitreous to greasy and gumdrop.
MY FUN FACTS!!!!
 Apatite is actually three different
minerals depending on the predominance
fluorine chlorine on the hydroxyl group
 Irony - the name apatite is the mineral
that makes up the teeth in all vertebrate
animals.
 Apatite is widely distributed in all types
igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary just
small disseminated grains or
cryptocrystalline.
AUTUMN LOCKAMY
Aquamarine
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The hardness of an aquamarine is 7.5-8.
The streak of aquamarine is white.
The luster of aquamarine is vitreous.
The specific gravity of aquamarine is 2.8.
The uses of aquamarine is jewlery.
The first interesting fact of aquamarine is it is transparant.
The second interesting fact of aquamarine is it shines like
glass.
The third interesting fact of aquamarine is it a hard stone
that can scratch glass.
BABINGTONITE
• Color black and dark
green.
• Hardness is 5
• Streak is brown to gray.
• Luster is vitreous
• Specific gravity is
approximately 3.3
• Used as a mineral
specimen.
• Was unknown to science before the start of the
twentieth century.
• Is somewhat scarce and its presence in a specimen
tends to raise the vale of specimen consider a big.
•It is opaque and brilliantly vitreous.
Maurice Lennon
Colors: White, Blue, Green, Gold and Red shades
 Streak: white
 Hardness: 3.5
 Luster: vitreous
 Specific Gravity: 4.5
 Uses: ore or barium
 Facts:
1) The name Barite came from the Greek name
Barius.
2) Barite specimens are known as the desert rose.
3) It looks like cubes of gold glass and has a rough
texture.
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Beryl
(Kaley Smith)
Colors: emerald green, blue to green, yellow,
greenish gold, red, colorless and pink.
Hardness: 7.5 – 8
Streak: white
Specific gravity (density): approximately 2.6 –
2.9
Uses: Gemstone, specimens
Interesting/fun facts:
1. Pure beryl is colorless it also occurs in
variety of colors.
2. Beryl is some of the most valuable of all
colored gemstones.
3. Beryl name is from ancient Greek.
Color: White, Gray, Yellow,
Red, Green
Hardness: 2.5-3
Streak: White
Specific Gravity:
Approximately 2.2-2.3 (light
for translucent minerals)
Uses: Only as mineral
specimens.
3 interesting facts:
1. Comes in different colors.
2. Different sizes.
3. Spelled in two different
ways.
1) One legend of the origin of bloodstone says that it was first
formed when drops of Christ’s blood fell and stained some
jasper found at the foot of the cross.
2) Bloodstone is a variety of green with red inclusions.
3) Bloodstone is the birthstone for March.
Color: mostly green with red inclusion
Hardness: 7
Streak: red
Luster: glossy to watery
Specific gravity: 2.65-2.66
Uses: gemstone and ornamental stone
Color: White to colorless
Hardness: 7- 7.5
Streak: White
Luster: Glassy
Specific Gravity: 2.9-3.0
Uses: An ore of boron for boric acid and borax.
Fun Facts :
1. It has a good color
2. It is similar to Quartz
3.Attractive mineral for mineral specimens
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Bornite
• The colors of bornite are brown, black, purplish, bluish, tarnish,
reddish bronze
• The streak is gray black
• The hardness is 3
• The luster is metallic
• The specific gravity is approximately 4.9-5.3
• The uses are major in copper and minerals specimens
• The 3 interesting facts are:
– the colors in it
– how there are isometric crystals in it
– it gets up to 228 Celsius degrees before melting
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Brass
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The Brass is a yellow to brass yellow.
The hardness is 3.4.
It’s Brassy brown.
It’s Metallic.
It’s 8.4-8.7 (man-made) brass.
In jewelry, Only as mineral specimens, These specimens are also not
common but are extremely rare and have only been found in a
couple of localities in Siberia, Russia.
• Brass is an all-purpose metal that is used to create a wide range of
items from home decor to industrial accessories.
• Made from a combination of copper and zinc.
• It is noted for its attractive gold color and long-lasting
durability.
Cameron Murchison
Calcite
 Melissa Salgado Flores
 The color of calcite are yellow, orange, blue and more.
 The hardness of calcite is less than a fingernail.
 The streak is white.
 The luster is resinous (waxy) to dull in massive forms.
 Specific Gravity is approximately 2.7 on average.
 You can use it in cements, glasses, and steel.
 The interesting facts are calcite is the Greek word for
lime. Calcite is one of the most common minerals on
the face of the earth. Limestone becomes from the
heat and pressure.
Caledonite
Colors: green, light blue, blue to green
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Streak: greenish white to blueishgreen
• Luster: vitreous to resinous or greasy
• Specific Gravity (density): is
approximately 5.6-5.8 (very heavy for
translucent minerals)
• Uses: as a very minor ore of lead and
copper and as mineral specimens
• Fun facts: Caledonite is named for its
country of original discovery
• Caledonite is closely related to and
often in association with linarite
• Caledonite and linarite are found in
the oxidation zone of copper and lead
ore deposits
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CASSITERITE
Lauren Adams
Black, reddish, brown, or yellow
6 -7
White but at times brownish
Adamantine or greasy
6.6 + 7.0 + (very heavy for non-metallic minerals)
Uses: tin for eons
1. crystals often form pyramidal, may also be massive and granular
2. found world-wide in alluvial deposits because of its resistance to
chemical and physical attack
• 3. cassiterite is the only important ore for tin
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CAVANSITE
•Colors- greenish blue ,
ocean blue.
•Streak is blue.
•Specific Gravity is
approximately 2.33.
•Luster-vitreous to pearly.
•Uses-Display.
•Fun Facts- It was found
about 30 years ago. Also
Cavansite comes from
Poona, India and Oregon.
It is a very rare mineral!!!
•CALEB STRAIT
Chalcophyllite
by: Indiyah Williams
Colors: blue to emerald green
Hardness: is 2
Streak: is green
Luster: is adamantine, vitreous to pearly
Specific Gravity (density): is
approximately 2.4-2.7 (light copper
mineral)
• Uses: pipes, electrical circuits, coins,
ammunition, brass, and bronze
• Inserting Facts: best field indicators are
crystal habits
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Chlorite by: Xavier Monroe
 Color: green
 Hardness: 2.5
 Streak: slight green
 Specific gravity: 3.3
 Luster: nonmetallic
 Uses: Filler & constituent of clay
 Interesting facts:
 1. most known to mineral collectors
 2. most chlorite is considered as a single mineral
 3. you can find chlorite in clear quartz
CITRINE
By: Faith Banks
Colors: yellow, orange, green, clear, blue, pink,
purple, red
Hardness: 7
Luster: glassy or vitreous
Density: 2.66
Uses: Gemstone & ornamental stone
Interesting facts: it is a November birthstone, citrine is a
variety of Quartz, and Citrine is mostly found in Madagascar
Larissa Ceballos
DIAMOND
The colors are transparent,
pale yellow, browns, grays,
whites, blues, blacks, reddish,
greenish.
• Hardness is a 10.
• Streak is white.
• Luster is adamantine or hard to
break.
• The specific gravity is 3.5
• Diamonds are used in jewelry.
• Three Interesting Facts
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Natural diamonds are least
990,000,000 years old.
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Diamond is the hardest
minerals on the Mohs Scale.
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80% of the world`s diamonds
are not suitable for jewelry.
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Elbaite
Arianna Laforte
• Red, pink, green, blue,
orange, and yellow
 the hardness = 7-7.5
 streak = white
 luster is vitreous
 The specific gravity is 3.0
(average)
 The use is mainly jewelry
 The main facts are:
 it belongs to a group
name tourmalines
 It is the most colorful
member of that group
 Contains many variety
names based on the color
Emerald
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Zachary Pittman
 The color of emerald can come in various shades of green.
 The hardness of emerald is 7.5-8
 The streak colors of emerald is white, green, and/or yellow.
 The luster of emerald is vitreous.
 The specific gravity of emerald is 2.76
 The uses of emerald is gemstone.
 3 fun facts about emeralds are:
1. Emerald’s precious green color is caused by small amounts of chromium
and traces of iron.
2. Nearly all emerald gemstones have been treated to improve their
appearance.
3. The wonderful green color emerald is unparalleled in the gem kingdom.
EUCLASE
BY: Cynthea Landreth
Streak is white
Color includes colorless, blue-green,
blue, yellow, light green and rarely
purple.
Fracture is conchoidal
Specific Gravity is 3.09 - 3.11
(slightly above average)
Gemstones and as mineral
specimens.
Hardness is 7.5
Cleavage is perfect in
one direction
(prismatic), poor in
two other directions
Transparency: Crystals are
transparent to translucent.
Luster is vitreous
Euclase gets its name from its easy cleavage, euclase simply means easily cleaved.
It is easily identified by its crystal form which can only be confused with barite or
celestite. The crystals of euclase are commonly prismatic with slanted termination
faces.
BY: JAMES DOWD
Garnet is January’s birthstone, that’s
why I picked it. Certain people
believe it has healing properties.
Normally it is pictured as dark red
like the picture on the right, but it
comes in every color besides blue.
The most used use for garnet it to
make jewelry for example: rings,
earrings, and pendants. The word
“garnet” comes from the Latin word
granatum which means
pomegranate seed. Its not very hard
to tell why! The streak is red. The
luster is nonmetallic. The specific
gravity or density is (gm/cm3).
Finally the hardness is 6.5 to 7.5.
IOLITE
BY: TYLER WATKINS
COLOR: PURPLISH BLUE,YELLOWISH
GREY
HARDNESS: 7.5
STREAK: PURPLISH BLUE
LUSTER: VITREOUS=GLASSY
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.57-2.66
USES: USED FOR GEMSTONE
3 INTERESTING FACTS:
IOLITE IS A POPULAR GEMSTONE.
IT IS A INTENSE BLUE.
IT IS KNOWN AS THE WATER
SAPPHIRE.
Jonathon
Trevor
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JADE
• Color/ Green, white, orange, yellow, gray
• Hardness/ 6.5-7
• Streak/ Green
• Luster/ Glassy, shiny
• Specific gravity/ 3.30 to 3.36
• Uses/ Gemstone and ornamental stones/jewelry
• 3 facts/
1. They were brought to Europe from China.
2. It is tough as steel and metal.
3. They can be made into knives and weapons.
Jasper
• Pictures of the mineral
jasper.
Queen Leach
• It is colorful variety.
• Name jasper means
spotted or speckled stone.
• Fine grained quartz
whose crystals are too
small to see.
Kammererite
color: bright lavender to crimson red
hardness: 2.0 - 2.5
streak: white
luster: its very shiny
specific gravity: 2.60 - 3.02
uses: they are used to make jewelry
interesting facts: it can make fog go away, it is
easy to break, it’s crimson red.
Kameron Rogers
Kunzite
• The mineral Kunzite is a light
pink color and is used to make
pendants.
• The hardness is in the range
between 6-7.
• When rubbed on a flat surface
the color of the streak is white.
• The luster of kunzite is vitreous,
like glass.
• The specific gravity is 3.17- 3.23.
• When kunzite is exposed to light
the color fades away. The gem
itself can promote emotional
support. It is named after
George Frederick Knuz.
Kaitlyn Shirley
Keymon Cromartie
 Colors: pink and green
 Luster: glassy
 Hardness: 6.5-7
 Streak: white
 Specific gravity:3.18
 Uses: gemstone
1. It is strongly pleochroic (different colors from different
directions)
2. There is strong fracture
3. Its colors make it look attractive
(MALACHITE)
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•Malachite
•Green, red, blue, black,
white
•Hardness: Mohs 3.5-4.0
•Streak: Green
•Luster: it is hard and a
little heavy.
•The Specific Gravity is
(5.1)
•Uses: As mineral
specimens, an important
ore of copper, as an
ornamental stone, a
pigment and for jewelry.
Colors: White, Brownish, Amber and Colorless
 (Hardness) 2.5-3
 (Streak) White
 (Luster) Adamantine/Resinous
 (Density) 6.5 g/cm3
 (Use) Only as a mineral specimen.
 Macphersonite is named for a mineralogist at the
royal Scottish museum, namely Harry Gordon
Macpherson.
 It has lots of colors.
 It is a museum piece.
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MICA
Mica is easy to peel. Its colors are green, brown, and
yellow. The streak is white. It is used for industry and
electricity and it is added to paint. Here is some interesting
facts: in Latin, mica means to shine or glitter. Mica is easy
to crumble or break down. Mica is not a very hard mineral,
2.5 – 3.0. In water mica would sink. Mica’s luster is
translucent in thin sheets.
Cameron Sessoms
MILKY
QUARTZ
 Faith johnson
 The color of milky quartz is white and usually milky.
 The hardness of milky quartz is 7
 The streak is usually white and sometimes clear
 The luster of milky quartz is glassy
 The specific gravity is 2.65
 It is used in optical instruments and electrical devices
 Milky quartz can be used to make sandpaper and other
grinding tools
 Milky quartz is in almost everything around you
 It is also used In candles
Native Gold
Luster: metallic
Colors: gold
Hardness: 2.5 – 3
Streak: golden yellow
Specific Gravity: 19.3 (extremely
heavy even for metallic
minerals.)
Uses: Gold jewelry
Gold is the most well known of the
native metals.
Native gold is any metal that is
found in metallic form.
Native gold was prehistoric man’s
only source to metal.
by: Rhett Burney
Native Silver
Demyzha Monroe
• Color(s) : Is silver white
with exposed specimens
tarnished black.
• Hardness : Is 2.5-3
• Streak : Is Silver White
• Luster : Is Metallic
• Specific Gravity : Is
variable according to
purity, 10-12
• Uses : Minor Ore of Silver
for use in jewelry
 Native Silver is rare and
much silver is produced
 Silver has been mined for
eons
 That it is in the gold group
Nickel
Hardness: 4-5
Streak: gray metallic
Luster: metallic
Specific gravity: 78-82
Uses: as a mineral specimen
and scientific studies
At least 3 interesting facts: it is
extremely rare in nature,
39% of the nickel mined on
earth, most comes from a
large impact crater.
Halim Smith
Color: white, gray, red-brown, or yellow
Name: Nitratine
Hardness: 1.5-2
Streak: white
Luster: vitreous
Density: 2.2-2.3
Uses: fertilizer or display
Facts: It was discovered as a fertilizer by accident. It is available on
the mineral market. It is found on the Persian Gulf.
Oligaclase
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Colors. brown, gray, white,
green, white
Streak. white
Hardness.6.25
Luster= vitreous/ glassy
Specific gravity
(density).2.64 to2.66
Interesting/fun facts:
1. rock-forming mineral
belonging to the plagioclase
feldspar
2.formed through geological
processes
3. Chemicals originally
derived from Sweden
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Colors: black or white
Hardness: 7
Streak: white
Luster: glassy
Uses: gemstone and ornamental stone
Interesting facts:
1.it is a traditional birthstone for February
2.its a fine grained quartz
3.the crystals are not visible
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COLOR: green ,greenish yellow
HARDNESS: 6.5-7
STREAK: white
LUSTER: vitreous to oily
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 3.3-3.4
USES: gemstone
FUN INTERESTING FACTS:
French word derived from the
Arabic word faridat means gem.
Peridot was mined in ancient
Egypt on an island called
Zeberget.
It was once called “gem of the
sun”.
QUARTZ
BY: SHAHYRA HOGAN
 COLOR: WHITE, PURPLE, PINK, BROWN,
BLACK, GREY, RED, BLUE, ORANGE, & GREEN
 HARDNESS: 7
 STREAK: WHITE
 LUSTER: VITREOUS
 SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.65G/CM3
 USES: JEWELERY, PAINT, PHONES, COMPUTERS, WATCHES, &
SPIRITUAL QUALITIE S
INTERESTING FACTS
I. SECOND MOST ABUNDANT MATERIAL ON EARTH
II. COMPONENTS THAT MAKE-UP ELECTRONICS
III. BELONGS TO THE TRIGONAL CRYSTAL SYSTEM
QUETZALCOATLITE
Name : Quaheem Leach
Color : blue
Hardness : 3
Streak : white
Luster : vitreous or glass
Specific Gravity : approximately 6.1 (very heavy)
Uses : A very minor ore of tellurium and as
mineral specimens
• Interesting/Fun Facts :
1.Rare and an unusual mineral from Mexico
2.Means Feathered Serpent
3.Mineral is named for the Aztec God :
Quetzalcoatl
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Ruby
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Rubies are red to pink
The hardness is a nine
The streak is white
The luster is vitreous or as some call it glassy
The specific Gravity is four
3 interesting facts:
The best shade of ruby is called pigeon blood
It can be up to any shade of red to pink
The red color in a ruby is caused by traces of the
element chromium
The mineral Sapphire
By: Garrett Cook
Color: Can be any color but red
Hardness: 9.0 out of 10
Streak: White streak
Luster: Vitreous to admantine
Density: 3.9 to 4.1
Uses: Gemstone & birthstone of September
Facts: 1.) Light can shine on it to make a 5 point star
2.) In magic can represent ice or water
3.) In Latin said: sapphirus, Greek: sápheiros
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The colors of
SCAPOLITE are white,
greenish or gray.
The hardness is 5.5 to 6.
The streak color is
white.
The luster is exposed
crystals.
The specific gravity is
2.5 to 2.7.
It is used as gemstones
and as mineral
specimens.
Interesting facts about
SCAPOLITE: it is
tetragonal, includes
prismatictosocky
crystals.
Spinel
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The Colors: are Red ,Green ,Blue ,Purple ,Brown & white
The Hardness:7.5-8.0
The Streak: is White
The Luster: Glassy
Specific Gravity:3.6-4.0
Uses: As a Gemstone and as a mineral specimen
Three interesting facts :Spinel is a very attractive and
historically important gemstone. The Spinel is still
valuable. It’s typical red in color, although pink rivals the
color of ruby.
Stichtite
Devan Stocks
The mineral stichtite has
many different characteristics.
The hardness of the mineral is
1.75 and the streak of the mineral
Is pale violet blue, and the luster is waxy, greasy, and pearly.
The specific gravity of the mineral is 2.1 well below average.
There are two uses for this mineral. You can put them in a ring or
necklaces and you can put them in a crystal ball or anything
else of that sort.
There are some interesting things about this mineral it was
discovered in 1910, it also has a specific gravity well below
average. This mineral is very rare, it is only found in three
parts of the United States. I like the mineral stichtite and that’s
why I choose it.
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The colors of the Tinaksite are pink, pale yellow, light brown
The hardness is 6
The streak is white
The luster is Viterous
The specific gravity is 2.82
The uses for the mineral Tinaksite is in galleries as mineral
specimens
Salmon Colored
Looks better than the Purple Charoite
Different Names
Tityanna Gilbert
TITANIUM
Jayla Peters
It’s silver & often multi-colored
Hardness is 4
Streak is black
Luster is metallic
Specific Gravity is 4.4
Titanium at one time was thought to have little use. Now we use it in
airplanes, missiles, space vehicles and even surgical implants.
1 . Titanium is light weight, non-corrosive and able to withstand extreme
temperatures.
2. Titanium is a white pigment that is used more and more in paints.
3. Titanium has been found in extremely high pressure metamorphic rock.
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Colors: Greenish yellow.
Streak: White.
Uses: It’s just like GEMSTONES.
Hardness:6.5-7
Luster: Glassy
Specific Gravity (density):3.84
It also has a orange tint.
Topazolite is a yellow variety of
garnet.
• It’s golden yellow color is similar to golden topaz.
Dayvon Swindell
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The name of my mineral is valentinite.
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Valentinite’s colors are white, yellow, reddish or gray.
Valentinite ranked 2.5-3 on the Moh’s hardness scale.
It’s streak color is white.
It’s luster is adamantine or pearly.
It’s specific gravity (density ) is 5.7 (heavier than average).
It’s uses are being a specimen in a museum.
Here are three interesting facts about Valentinite: It forms
sprays that are usually matted to the host rock in radiating
clusters, Valentinite is a high lustered often fibrous oxide
minerals, It’s antimony oxide minerals with formula Sb203 .
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Wolfeite by Kenneth Mote
Colors- clear , white , yellow , orange and brown
Hardness – 4.5
Streak- white
Luster- vitreous & greasy
Specific gravity – 3.8+ (above average)
Uses – necklaces, counter tops and a lot more
Interesting Facts - one of the most rarest minerals, fools people
thinking of silver, found only in U.S.A and South Africa.
My mineral is Woodhouseite. I know it sounds funny but just read this and
you will see that it is very interesting!!!!!!
 Color = burgundy, red, orange, gold, yellow, and white (sometimes it’s
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clear but that is very rare)
Hardness = 4.5
Luster = vitreous (glassy) or pearly
Specific gravity/density = 3.012g/cm³
Uses = only a specimen which means only used in museums or galleries
Some interesting facts are:
1. It is so rare that it is only found in 1 location and that is White
Mountain Peak in Mono County, California.
2. The faces of the mineral woodhouseite can be straight or curved.
3. It is made up of many different minerals.
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Jennifer R.
Colors = Colorless, gray, lemon white, light gray, or pink
Hardness = 6.5
Streak = White
Luster = Vitreous to silky
Density = Approximately 2.7
Uses = mineral specimen
Three facts:
› a mineral with the chemical formula Ca6Si6O17 (OH) 2.
› it crystallizes in the monoclinic- prismatic crystal system
with typically an acicular crystal form or habit.
› It occurs as veins in serpentinite and contact
metamorphism aureoles.
Yuksporite
Alleigh Buchanan
Yuksporite has colors like yellow
rose or reddish beige to pink.
The streak is white.
The luster is vitreous and silky.
The specific gravity is 2.8-3.0
Uses are mineral specimens.
FUN FACTS
This mineral is very rare usually
found in the Yukspore
Mountains. The transparency
specimen is opaque. It also has
many silicates.
The name of my mineral is Zippeite
There are various shades of gold to
orange and sometimes brown.
 Hardness is approximately 2
 Streak is a pale yellow
 Luster is dull
 Specific gravity is approximately 3.7
+ (above average for non-metallic
mineral)
 Uses are a minor ore of uranium
minerals
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 It is fluorescent under ultraviolet light
 These minerals are rare
 Cleavage is not seen
Zircon
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Sadrah Jenkins
Colors: blue, green, red
Hardness: 7.5
Streak: White
Luster: Greasy and Adamantine
Uses: Jewels
Facts:
– Zircon often contains traces of radioactive elements.
– Zircon that has undergone a metamiction process is
sometimes called "Low Zircon“.
– Zircon crystals are opaque and brownish
My minerals name is zoisite. My mineral has many
different colors, they are green, blue to violet, pink
to reddish, also grey , white, or brown. The
hardness is 6-7. The streak is white. My mineral’s
luster is vitreous (the same as glass). Zoisite’s
specific gravity is approximately 3.3. You can use
it in gemstones. It has some interesting facts like:
zoisite is a ruby. It was first discovered in 1954,
and it is predominately green .
By: Allaysha Smith