Mining Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2023

Question 6

List four properties of minerals that may be used in its identification.

This question is not popular but the candidates performed averagely well. The question requested the candidates to give the following points:
Properties used in identification of minerals


  1. Colour
  2. Density
  3. Relative density or specific density
  4. Cleavage
  5. Fracture
  6. Streak
  7. Lustre
  8. Hardness
  9. Tenacity