Home Copyright About GEOPIX Contact GEOPIX Catalogue Downloads Online Store Website Back
Ore Minerals

When identifying minerals, a reference list of the properties of each mineral is needed - all 3000 of them! - so that a match may be made. Here, we will confine the list to the common minerals likely to be met in ‘everyday’ Geology in the field.

For more details of the other 2880 minerals, many books are available to help with the search.

Identification using a microscope identification is a different and complex subject - but very accurate - beyond the scope of these study guides.

For convenience here, the minerals are divided into three groupings:

  • the silicate minerals
  • the chemical minerals
  • the ore minerals

Geopix Study Guide 'Ore Minerals' describes the properties, uses and occurrence of

  • magnetite
  • haematite
  • pyrite
  • chalcopyrite
  • galena
  • sphalerite
illustrated by photographs of typical specimens.

The Ore Minerals Study Guide contains the following pages:

Study Guide Page 19 Study Guide Page 20 Study Guide Page 21 Study Guide Page 22
Study Guide Page 23 Study Guide Page 24 Study Guide Page 25

'Ore Minerals' is part of the Minerals Study Guide CD.

To order this CD go to the Geopix Online Store