At the end of this unit the student should:
 

• Know the properties used to identify minerals:
  Crystal Habit
  Color
  Cleavage
  Hardness
  Specific Gravity
  Streak
  Other
   

• Know what polymorphism is and why it occurs
  

• Know how minerals are classified:
  Silicates
  Ferromagnesium
  Non-ferromagnesium
  
  Carbonates
  Ore Minerals