Mineral Identification Resources

How to Identify Minerals: 10 Steps to Mineral Identification:
http://geology.about.com/od/mineral_ident/ss/beginminident.htm

Tests To Identify Minerals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsDLkexQOw

Mineral Hardness Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-bw7_u3gSQ

What are Mineral Lusters?
http://video.about.com/geology/What-Are-Mineral-Lusters-.htm

The Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness:
http://geology.about.com/od/scales/a/mohsscale.htm

What is the Hardness Scale for Minerals?
http://video.about.com/geology/What-Is-the-Hardness-Scale-for-Minerals-.htm

Mineral Streak:
http://geology.about.com/od/mineral_ident/ig/streak/

Mineral Habit:
http://geology.about.com/od/minerals/ig/mineralhabits/

Mineral Fracture and cleavage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVgOxRAkO0

A series of YouTube videos explaining various steps of mineral identification:
   Hardness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTzCTgJ5t4g

   Luster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8KC5qcFasA

   Clevage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVOjabg08KE

Mineral Identification by Black Hawk College:

Explanation of terms and exercise:
http://facweb.bhc.edu/academics/science/harwoodr/geol101/labs/minerals/