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Mineral Identification Trivia

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1. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Vug
2.5
Diamond
Transparencies

2. Bauxite has...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Moh's scale
Quartz
Conchoil fracture

3. A jagged break indicates...
Calcite
Fracture
Gypsum
Fluorite

4. 2 on Moh's scale
2.5
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Gypsum
Fluorite

5. 7 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Feldspar
Quartz
Moh's scale

6. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Transparencies
Transparencies
Fracture

7. 4 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Moh's scale
Cleavage
Fluorite

8. 2 on Moh's scale
3
Quartz
Gypsum
Feldspar

9. 3 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Conchoil fracture
2.5

10. List the main seven properties of identification.
2.5
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
In matrix
2.5

11. Crystals form as...
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Rocks cool
Cleavage
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

12. 3 on Moh's scale
Gypsum
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Transparencies
Calcite

13. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Gypsum
Transparencies
6.5

14. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Moh's scale
2.5
Talc
Are minerals in their simplest form

15. List the types of luster
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Are minerals in their simplest form
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Topaz

16. 6 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Feldspar
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

17. 1 on Moh's scale
Talc
Transparencies
3
Calcite

18. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Vug
6.5
Topaz
Feldspar

19. List five other properties of identification
Are minerals in their simplest form
In matrix
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Corundum

20. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Conchoil fracture
In matrix
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

21. Glass has a hardness of...
Transparencies
2.5
Fracture
3.5

22. Most gems...
Are minerals in their simplest form
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
3
Corundum

23. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
3.5
Gypsum
6.5
Feldspar

24. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Vug
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Transparencies
Fracture

25. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
2.5
Transparencies
Apatite
In matrix

26. A jagged break indicates...
Fracture
6.5
In matrix
3

27. 6 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Feldspar
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

28. List the types of luster
Diamond
Fluorite
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Gypsum

29. 8 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Topaz
3.5
Vug

30. Scale by which hardness is measured

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31. Most gems...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Fluorite
Are minerals in their simplest form
Diamond

32. Glass has a hardness of...
3.5
Gypsum
Transparencies
Quartz

33. List five other properties of identification
Talc
Corundum
3.5
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

34. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Cleavage
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
3
Are minerals in their simplest form

35. Scale by which hardness is measured

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36. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
3
Apatite
Rocks cool
Transparencies

37. 4 on Moh's scale
Moh's scale
Fluorite
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Quartz

38. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Feldspar
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Diamond

39. What is the definition of a mineral?
Feldspar
Feldspar
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Quartz

40. A smooth break indicates...
6.5
Cleavage
Fluorite
Are minerals in their simplest form

41. What is the definition of a mineral?
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
2.5
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Feldspar

42. What is an indicator of impurities?
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Vug
Moh's scale
Transparencies

43. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Gypsum
Rocks cool
Talc

44. 5 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Apatite
Fluorite
Calcite

45. 7 on Moh's scale
Fluorite
Talc
3.5
Quartz

46. 1 on Moh's scale
Are minerals in their simplest form
Talc
Transparencies
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

47. 8 on Moh's scale
Cleavage
Corundum
Topaz
3.5

48. A smooth break indicates...
Quartz
Cleavage
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Fracture

49. Bauxite has...
Conchoil fracture
Fracture
Apatite
3

50. What is an indicator of impurities?
Cleavage
Quartz
Transparencies
Are minerals in their simplest form