My Mac mini won't read my SanDisk ultra MicroSDHC through the SD adapter.

I have a SanDisk ultra 32gb MicroSDHC card that I use with my Galaxy S4, and which came with an SD adapter. The problem is that when I try to Plug the card, through the adapter, into the SD port on my mac mini it simply won't read. nothing shows up on my desktop or launchpad and also no windows pop up. Does anyone have any solutions? I have a late 2012 Mac mini running Maverick version 10.9.3.

What is format of the card?
Does it appear in Finder?
Likely the format is not readable by the Mac
Open Disk Utility and see if it is listed there

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