Rocks and Minerals

Minerals: about identifying them

from Cal Poly Pomona (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)

Images of our minerals

List of minerals (use your test results to identify your specimens)

Birthstones

Can you use these words?

1.    property

2. test  

3. streak

4.  luster

5. metallic  

6.  hardness

7.  specimen