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Mineral Identification Trivia

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1. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
In matrix
Cleavage
Are minerals in their simplest form
2.5

2. Scale by which hardness is measured

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3. 5 on Moh's scale
Apatite
Talc
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

4. 3 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Vug
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Topaz

5. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Calcite
3

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

7. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Conchoil fracture
Rocks cool
In matrix
Feldspar

8. 4 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Moh's scale
Fluorite
Cleavage

9. Crystals form as...
Calcite
Conchoil fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
Rocks cool

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

11. Most gems...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
3
Topaz
Are minerals in their simplest form

12. List the types of luster
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Diamond
2.5
Calcite

13. 1 on Moh's scale
Talc
Quartz
3.5
3

14. 5 on Moh's scale
6.5
Quartz
Fracture
Apatite

15. A smooth break indicates...
Rocks cool
Cleavage
Corundum
Moh's scale

16. 6 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
In matrix
Rocks cool
Feldspar

17. List the types of luster
Gypsum
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Fluorite
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

18. 7 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Quartz
3
Topaz

19. Glass has a hardness of...
Rocks cool
3.5
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Are minerals in their simplest form

20. 1 on Moh's scale
Apatite
Calcite
Talc
Conchoil fracture

21. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
6.5
Fluorite
Gypsum
Rocks cool

22. What is an indicator of impurities?
Fracture
Conchoil fracture
Transparencies
Moh's scale

23. Fingernails have a hardness of...
2.5
3.5
Transparencies
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

24. A smooth break indicates...
Moh's scale
Cleavage
Feldspar
3.5

25. What is the definition of a mineral?
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
In matrix
Conchoil fracture
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

26. 3 on Moh's scale
Are minerals in their simplest form
Gypsum
Diamond
Calcite

27. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Talc
Cleavage
In matrix
6.5

28. 10 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Diamond
3
Feldspar

29. Most gems...
Vug
Talc
Vug
Are minerals in their simplest form

30. A jagged break indicates...
Fluorite
Quartz
Fracture
Topaz

31. Scale by which hardness is measured

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32. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Conchoil fracture
Moh's scale
Vug
Cleavage

33. 2 on Moh's scale
Gypsum
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
3.5
3

34. Bauxite has...
Rocks cool
Conchoil fracture
Topaz
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

35. List five other properties of identification
3.5
3
3
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

36. Glass has a hardness of...
3.5
Vug
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

37. Crystals form as...
Rocks cool
Moh's scale
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Quartz

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

39. 4 on Moh's scale
In matrix
Transparencies
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Fluorite

40. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Moh's scale
3
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

41. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Transparencies
Vug

42. 2 on Moh's scale
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Gypsum
Apatite
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

43. A jagged break indicates...
Conchoil fracture
Fracture
3.5
Calcite

44. What is an indicator of impurities?
Feldspar
Transparencies
Topaz
6.5

45. 8 on Moh's scale
Are minerals in their simplest form
Topaz
Fracture
Corundum

46. List five other properties of identification
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Conchoil fracture
Gypsum

47. List the main seven properties of identification.
Gypsum
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Feldspar
Apatite

48. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Cleavage
Moh's scale
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
3

49. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Fluorite
3

50. 6 on Moh's scale
Cleavage
Diamond
3
Feldspar

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