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Mineral Identification Trivia

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1. Fingernails have a hardness of...
3
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
2.5

2. 3 on Moh's scale
Moh's scale
Fracture
Calcite
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

3. A smooth break indicates...
Cleavage
Quartz
In matrix
Diamond

4. Bauxite has...
Topaz
Topaz
Conchoil fracture
6.5

5. 6 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Feldspar
Fluorite
Apatite

6. List the main seven properties of identification.
Topaz
Are minerals in their simplest form
Are minerals in their simplest form
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

7. 5 on Moh's scale
3
Apatite
Vug
Vug

8. List the types of luster
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
2.5
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Rocks cool

9. 2 on Moh's scale
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Gypsum
In matrix
Fluorite

10. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
3
Feldspar
Cleavage
Talc

11. 7 on Moh's scale
6.5
Quartz
Conchoil fracture
3.5

12. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Moh's scale
Gypsum
In matrix
2.5

13. 7 on Moh's scale
Talc
Talc
Vug
Quartz

14. Bauxite has...
Corundum
Rocks cool
Conchoil fracture
Fluorite

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

16. 8 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Cleavage
Transparencies
Topaz

17. Scale by which hardness is measured

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18. Crystals form as...
Fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
Rocks cool
Diamond

19. 10 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Diamond
Fracture
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

20. 9 on Moh's scale
Fracture
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Corundum
3.5

21. What is an indicator of impurities?
Topaz
Quartz
Transparencies
Apatite

22. Crystals form as...
Topaz
Vug
Rocks cool
2.5

23. List the main seven properties of identification.
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Talc
Corundum
Gypsum

24. 1 on Moh's scale
Talc
Fluorite
Rocks cool
Diamond

25. 5 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Fracture
Apatite
Topaz

26. A jagged break indicates...
Fracture
2.5
Conchoil fracture
Talc

27. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Vug
Moh's scale
3
2.5

28. Most gems...
3
Cleavage
Are minerals in their simplest form
Moh's scale

29. 3 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Topaz
Cleavage
Feldspar

30. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Transparencies
Vug
Cleavage
Quartz

31. Fingernails have a hardness of...
2.5
Moh's scale
Feldspar
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

32. Scale by which hardness is measured

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33. 2 on Moh's scale
2.5
In matrix
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Gypsum

34. Most gems...
Are minerals in their simplest form
Transparencies
Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture

35. 1 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Quartz
Rocks cool
Talc

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

37. Glass has a hardness of...
3.5
2.5
Topaz
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

38. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Are minerals in their simplest form
Topaz
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

39. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
6.5
Quartz
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Corundum

40. Glass has a hardness of...
Talc
3.5
Conchoil fracture
Corundum

41. A smooth break indicates...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Cleavage
Rocks cool
Rocks cool

42. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
In matrix
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
2.5

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

44. 4 on Moh's scale
Fluorite
Calcite
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
2.5

45. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Fluorite
6.5
In matrix
Are minerals in their simplest form

46. 8 on Moh's scale
Topaz
Diamond
Fluorite
3.5

47. A jagged break indicates...
Feldspar
Fracture
Moh's scale
3.5

48. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Conchoil fracture
Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
6.5

49. 4 on Moh's scale
Feldspar
Fluorite
Vug
Quartz

50. 6 on Moh's scale
6.5
Talc
Feldspar
Are minerals in their simplest form