Common Rock-Forming Minerals
http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/tweiland/mineral.htm

Tom Weiland, Georgia Southwestern State University, Department of Geology


This is a collection of images of the common rock-forming minerals. Along with the image, the physical and chemical properties of each mineral are listed. These include: metallic or nonmetallic luster, light or dark color, chemical formula, mineral group, cleavage, general color, hardness, and other characteristics.

This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.


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DLESE

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Island Silicates, Carbonates, Disilicates, Ring Silicates, Sheet Silicates, Chain Silicates, Framework Silicates, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy:Crystallography, Systematic Mineralogy:Native Elements, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Systematic Mineralogy:Sulfates, Oxides and Hydroxides
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Mineralogy, Petrology