Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:22 pm Posts: 21602 Location: San Francisco
There are several colorless minerals. Here is a partial alphabetical list.
adamite
afghanite
albite
analcime
andesine
anglesite
anhydrite
anorthite
anorthoclase
apatite
apophyllite
aragonite
barite
beryl
borax
bytownite
calcite
carletonite
celestine
celsian
cerussite
chabazite
chalcedony
coesite
colemanite
corundum
danburite
diamond
diaspore
diopside
dolomite
elbaite
epistilbite
epsomite
euclase
fluorite
garnet
gibbsite
glauberite
gmelinite
goosecreekite
grossular
gypsum
halite
hemimorphite
heulandite
ice
kernite
kyanite
laumontite
leucite
liddicoatite
magnesite
marialite
meionite
melanophlogite
mesolite
mimetite
muscovite
natrolite
nepheline
oligoclase
olivine
opal
orthoclase
pectolite
phenakite
phosgenite
plagioclase
prehnite
quartz
sanidine
scapolite
scheelite
scolecite
smithsonite
sodalite
sphalerite
spodumene
stellerite
stishovite
strontianite
talc
topaz
tourmaline
tremolite
tridymite
wavellite
willemite
zircon
I think you need to provide more information. Cleavage is a beginning, but certainly not enough for a positive ID. As Julie pointed out, you mention "no perfect cleavage". Is any cleavage visible?
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:41 pm Posts: 49 Location: Wyoming USA
This makes it worse for me. I am a beginner rock puppy. I thought clravage is how a stone breaks. It actually has mostly flattened side's. Not exactly sure how to identify stones yet! I love to look at it because of the black and yellow inclusions. I guess I can't rule out quartz. To a jeweler those may not be eye candy. It also has trigons that are neat to look at up close. There are parts you can see through. The picture didn't do the stone justice. I had to crop the picture to make it fit.
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