Identifying Minerals | Geology Lumen Learning
Identifying Minerals. ... Different minerals may be the same color. Real gold, as seen in Figure 2, is very similar in color to the pyrite in Figure 1. ... The possible number of cleavages a mineral may have are 1,2,3,4, or 6. If more than 1 cleavage is present, and a device for measuring angles is not available, simply state whether the ...