Silicate Minerals Flashcards
Non-metallic, Softer than glass, Basal cleavage, Colorless to light color, White streak, elastic plate

Muscovite
Non-metallic, harder than glass, cleavage, Flesh color, no streak, striactions

Orthoclase
Non-metalic, harder than glass, cleavage, black, no streak, planes at 50 and 124
Hornblende
Non-metallic, harder than glass, cleavage, gray to blue gray, no streak, striciation, two planes at right angles

Plagioclase
Non-metallic, softer than glass, fracture, white, no streak, earthy, adheres to tounge

Kaolinite
Non-metallic, softer than glass, Basal Cleavage, Brown to black color, No streak, elastic plates

Biotite
non metallic, harder than glass, blade cleavage, blue white gray green, no streak, vitreous to pearly

Kyanite
Non-metallic, harder than glass, cleavage, black, 2 planes at 90 degrees

Augite
Non-metallic, harder than glass, fracture, brown, no streak, dodecahedron (12 sided)

Garnet
Non-metallic, softern than glass, fracture/ cleavage, green to white, white streak, soapy feel

Talc
Non-metallic, harder than glass, fracture, transparent, conchoidal

Quartz
Non-metallic, harder than glass, fracture, green yellowish, white streak, luster

Olivine
Non-metallic, harder than glass, fracture, red-brown brownish black, no streak, vitreous to pearly

Staurolite