Mineral identification flowchart

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The Mineral identification flowchart can be used with mineral identification tests such as lustre, hardness, streak and cleavage. Suggested samples include talc, gypsum, mica, halite, calcite, malachite, azurite, quartz, feldspar, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, magnetite and hematite. Some of the samples may be damaged when carrying out identification activities.

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Title Mineral identification flowchart
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c51e80a8-1799-4d0b-b0c2-9438bd71fa2f
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Mineral identification flowchart". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mineral-identification-flowchart