矿物鉴定是矿物研究工作的第一步,在一般情况下是没有什么很大的困难的。但是在野外设备比较差的条件下,有时在矿物鉴定工作中就可能产生一定的困难,尤其在某些稀有元素矿物方面,这种困难可能会更多一些。一般鉴定矿物的顺序是由简而繁,即由观察或试验矿物的产状、简单物理性质(如晶形、颜色、条痕、光泽、解理、断口、硬度、发旋光性质、磁性、放射性及比重等)及化学性质(如溶解性及定性分析等)开始,进一步再测定矿物的物理常数(如光学常数、电学常数、热学性质、空间羣及品格常数等)和研究矿物的化学组成。通过这些步骤以后,差不多对于所有的矿 Mineral identification is the first step in mineral research, and in general, there is no great difficulty. However, in the case of poor field equipment, sometimes there may be some difficulties in the mineral identification work, especially for some rare elemental minerals. Generally, the order of identification of minerals is simple and complex, that is, from the observation or test of mineral appearance, simple physical properties (such as crystal shape, color, streak, gloss, cleavage, fracture, hardness, optical property, magnetism, Etc.) and chemical properties (such as solubility and qualitative analysis, etc.) began to further determine the physical parameters of minerals (such as optical constants, electrical constants, thermal properties, space group and character constant, etc.) and study the chemical composition of minerals. After passing these steps, it is almost the same for all mines