Mineral detectives!

THE LEARNING ZONE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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Finding out about minerals is detective work. There are thousands of different minerals, all with different properties - like colour, shape and hardness. For any one mineral you have to think carefully about each of these different properties, and then put all this information together to identify it properly - its easy, once you know how.

To find out more about minerals and their properties, take a closer look and select one of the links below.

Take a closer look:

Colour
Light
Lustre
Streak
Crystal shape
Hardness
Cleavage and fracture
Heaviness
Other tests

What we have learnt ...

And to see if your detective skills are up to scratch play our fun card game!
Mineral mastermind!