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