Department of Earth Science |Northeastern Illinois University

Rocks and Minerals
ESCI 306
Spring, 2006

Daily Objectives #3 (January 17, 2006)                                        Dr. Bartels

By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:

v Determine and describe the cleavage and/or fracture of minerals.

v Describe some common types of mineral habits and sketch what they look like.

v Describe some common types of non-metallic luster and give examples of minerals that exhibit that luster.

v Explain several ways/environments in which crystals grow.

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