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Mineral Identification Trivia
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science
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geology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 9 on Moh's scale
Apatite
Calcite
Fluorite
Corundum
2. Scale by which hardness is measured
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3. A smooth break indicates...
Talc
6.5
Cleavage
Are minerals in their simplest form
4. What is an indicator of impurities?
Diamond
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Transparencies
Calcite
5. 1 on Moh's scale
3.5
Talc
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Corundum
6. 9 on Moh's scale
Cleavage
Corundum
Moh's scale
Moh's scale
7. Glass has a hardness of...
2.5
3.5
Rocks cool
Feldspar
8. 10 on Moh's scale
Moh's scale
Diamond
Apatite
Fluorite
9. 3 on Moh's scale
Fluorite
Calcite
Rocks cool
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
10. List the types of luster
Fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
3.5
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
11. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
2.5
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Rocks cool
12. 5 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Moh's scale
Talc
Apatite
13. Most gems...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Are minerals in their simplest form
Diamond
Cleavage
14. List five other properties of identification
Are minerals in their simplest form
Feldspar
2.5
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
15. Most gems...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Conchoil fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
Talc
16. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Calcite
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
6.5
In matrix
17. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
3
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Conchoil fracture
18. 1 on Moh's scale
Apatite
Cleavage
Talc
Apatite
19. List the main seven properties of identification.
Talc
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
6.5
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
20. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Apatite
2.5
Apatite
Fracture
21. A jagged break indicates...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Talc
Fracture
22. Crystals form as...
Rocks cool
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Transparencies
23. What is the definition of a mineral?
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Fracture
3
Calcite
24. 3 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Calcite
Apatite
Fluorite
25. 7 on Moh's scale
Quartz
Fracture
Gypsum
Rocks cool
26. 2 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Feldspar
Gypsum
Fluorite
27. 5 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Apatite
3.5
Talc
28. Bauxite has...
Conchoil fracture
Rocks cool
Vug
Moh's scale
29. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Moh's scale
Rocks cool
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Vug
30. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Topaz
3
Cleavage
31. 4 on Moh's scale
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Cleavage
Fluorite
3
32. A smooth break indicates...
Cleavage
Fracture
Feldspar
Diamond
33. Bauxite has...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Are minerals in their simplest form
Conchoil fracture
2.5
34. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
6.5
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Gypsum
Cleavage
35. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
6.5
3
Cleavage
Rocks cool
36. 8 on Moh's scale
Quartz
Topaz
In matrix
Gypsum
37. Scale by which hardness is measured
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38. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Vug
Transparencies
3
Fluorite
39. 2 on Moh's scale
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Feldspar
3.5
Gypsum
40. List five other properties of identification
Diamond
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Fluorite
41. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
In matrix
Rocks cool
3.5
Are minerals in their simplest form
42. What is an indicator of impurities?
Corundum
6.5
Transparencies
Conchoil fracture
43. List the types of luster
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Corundum
Gypsum
3.5
44. 4 on Moh's scale
6.5
Gypsum
Fluorite
2.5
45. 8 on Moh's scale
Apatite
Topaz
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Vug
46. Glass has a hardness of...
Diamond
Vug
3.5
Diamond
47. What is the definition of a mineral?
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Quartz
Quartz
Conchoil fracture
48. List the main seven properties of identification.
Moh's scale
Rocks cool
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Transparencies
49. 6 on Moh's scale
Feldspar
3
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Gypsum
50. 6 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Fluorite
Feldspar
Calcite