Spent $150 on a 'professional' mineral identification kit and it's mostly junk

Everyone says you need the fancy tools, but the included streak plates are cheap ceramic and the hardness picks are just rebranded steel nails. Has anyone found a good source for just the basic, solid tools without all the fluff?

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colemartinez14d ago

Ugh, tell me about it. I mean, I got burned on one of those too. The "mohs scale" was just a piece of glass and some plastic.

bethcarr14d ago

But is it really that bad, @colemartinez?