Mineral identification chart

Learn how to identify rocks and mineral. With basic knowledge, pictures and charts, you can learn rock, mineral and crystal identification.

Crystal & Mineral Identification Chart

How to Identify a Mineral: Identifying minerals is like playing a sport. You are given a specific set of principles or rules to follow. To be good at a sport like basketball, for instance, one must not only know the rules, but he/she must also practice. The same concepts appl…

Teaching rock layers from oldest to youngest? Let kids explore and identify types of rocks, investigate fossils, and have some fun!

It is strongly recommended to the student of this book that he obtain specimens of rock, not labelled, and study their features with a view to naming them.

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The Mohs hardness scale measures a mineral's resistance to scratching. Find the traditional scale here and a chart of select gems ordered by hardness.

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If your kids love collecting nature items, I am sure you have quite the collection of rocks on your nature table.If you have a collection of rocks, can your kids identify them? Geology and identifying rocks can be a lot of fun and a great new hobby for your kids. You can use these free rock identification printables to create a rock sorting game. There are pictures and names of the different types of rocks, then there is a sorting page to help kids sort the rocks by type. You can print these…