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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
Rock, mineral or fossil?
 Rock key

Mineral key
    Unknown 
        mineral
    Dark mineral 
        key
    Biotite
    Pyrite
    Unknown dark 
        mineral
    Light mineral 
        key
    Calcite
    Quartz
    Unknown light 
        mineral

Fossil key
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Dark mineral key


Which of the descriptions below suits your specimen best? 
 

thumbnail image of the mineral biotite, leading to more information

thumbnail image of the mineral pyrite, leading to more information

thumbnail image of the mineral almandine garnet, leading to general information about dark minerals
Brown, lightweight, no particular shape, splits into sheets Gold, cubic crystals


 Neither of those descriptions fits my specimen!