1. Complete the following Data Table as you conduct the lab. Data Table: Mineral Identification (PICTURES OF BOTH TABLES ARE INCLUDED IN ONE PICTURE) (AND THE MINERAL PICTURES ARE INCLUDED TOO)

2. What are the identities of each unknown mineral?

3. Why was it important to examine both the color and the streak of your minerals?

4. Is luster a good characteristic to use for the identification of minerals? Why or why not?

5. You have been given a sample of quartz, which has a hardness of 7. How can you use this mineral to determine the hardness of other minerals?

6. Which property or properties did you find most useful in the identification of the mineral samples? Which properties were less useful? Be specific in your explanation.