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