| Property | Examples | Deposit | Unit | Photo no | |
| Reflectivity (R%) | Reference minerals sl-gn-cp-py-as carbonates + silicates (holes + araldit) |
Rammelsberg | A | ||
| Dale Head North | A | ||||
| Color | white (reinweiss) | gn, as | Dale Head North | A | |
| gn | Rammelsberg | A | |||
| weakly colored and grey (wenig farbig) |
sl, py, marcasite | Dale Head North | A | ||
| sl, py, marcasite | Rammelsberg | A | |||
| magnetite | Ducktown/Faro | B | |||
| colored (farbig) |
cp, pyrrhotite | Dale Head North | B | ||
| cp, enargite | Rammelsberg | B | |||
| covellite | Yauricocha | B | |||
| pyrrhotite | Ducktown (Chisel) | B | |||
| Bireflexion | only R.% | carbonates | Rammelsberg | B | |
| R.% + change of color | covellite | Yauricocha | B | ||
| pyrrhotite | Dale Head North | B | |||
| pyrrhotite | Ducktown/Faro | B | |||
| Hardness (relative) wear resistance (Schleifhärte) => polishing scratches (Schleifkratzer) pull up resistance (Ritzhärte) => Kalb fringe (Lichtlinie) |
cp, gn vers py, as | Dale Head North | C | ||
| cp, gn vers py | Rammelsberg | C | |||
| sl against mt | Faro | C | |||
| sl against sulfosalts | Wiesloch | C | |||
| Internal Reflexions (IR) | sl | Dale Head North | C | ||
| sl | Wiesloch | C | |||
| carbonates, silicates | Rammelsberg | C | |||
| Anisotropy effects with crossed nichols |
marcasite (++) | Rammelsberg | B | ||
| covellite (+++) | Yauricocha | B | |||
| enargite, luzonite (++) | Yauricocha | B | |||
| pyrrhotite (++) | Ducktown/Faro | B | |||
| Dale Head North | B | ||||
| arsenopyrite (++) | Dale Head North | B | |||
| cp (+) | Dale Head North | B | |||
| Yauricocha | |||||
| Rammelsberg | B | ||||
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