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Mineral Identification Trivia

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1. 7 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Apatite
Quartz
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

2. Fingernails have a hardness of...
3.5
Corundum
Transparencies
2.5

3. Glass has a hardness of...
3.5
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Corundum
Corundum

4. 8 on Moh's scale
Moh's scale
Topaz
Conchoil fracture
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

5. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Corundum
Vug
2.5
Cleavage

6. List the types of luster
Cleavage
Fluorite
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
3.5

7. A smooth break indicates...
Are minerals in their simplest form
Cleavage
2.5
Calcite

8. Bauxite has...
Talc
Gypsum
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Conchoil fracture

9. A jagged break indicates...
Cleavage
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Fracture
2.5

10. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Vug
3
Gypsum
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak

11. Most gems...
Gypsum
Quartz
Are minerals in their simplest form
Fluorite

12. List the main seven properties of identification.
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Feldspar
6.5
Fracture

13. Glass has a hardness of...
Apatite
3.5
Transparencies
Talc

14. 1 on Moh's scale
Feldspar
In matrix
Talc
Moh's scale

15. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Fluorite
In matrix
2.5
Cleavage

16. 1 on Moh's scale
Talc
2.5
In matrix
In matrix

17. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Fluorite
Transparencies

18. A smooth break indicates...
Talc
Transparencies
Rocks cool
Cleavage

19. 3 on Moh's scale
3
Calcite
Apatite
6.5

20. 9 on Moh's scale
Moh's scale
Corundum
Fluorite
6.5

21. 6 on Moh's scale
3.5
Corundum
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Feldspar

22. Bauxite has...
2.5
Vug
Fluorite
Conchoil fracture

23. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Vug
Rocks cool
Talc

24. Most gems...
Transparencies
3
Are minerals in their simplest form
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

25. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Topaz
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

26. List the main seven properties of identification.
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Topaz
Transparencies
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

27. 6 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Transparencies
Moh's scale
Feldspar

28. 7 on Moh's scale
Gypsum
Quartz
Vug
Transparencies

29. 3 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Calcite
Diamond
Topaz

30. Scale by which hardness is measured

31. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
6.5
Calcite
Are minerals in their simplest form
Vug

32. Crystals form as...
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Quartz
Rocks cool
In matrix

33. 5 on Moh's scale
3
Vug
Apatite
2.5

34. 2 on Moh's scale
Transparencies
Gypsum
Calcite
Fracture

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

36. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
6.5
Fluorite
Quartz

37. What is the definition of a mineral?
Apatite
Quartz
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Are minerals in their simplest form

38. What is an indicator of impurities?
Calcite
Gypsum
Transparencies
Are minerals in their simplest form

39. List five other properties of identification
Apatite
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Gypsum
Vug

40. Crystals form as...
Quartz
Rocks cool
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Cleavage

41. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
2.5
Vug
Gypsum
3

42. 4 on Moh's scale
Rocks cool
Fluorite
Fracture
Conchoil fracture

43. List five other properties of identification
Moh's scale
Quartz
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

44. What is an indicator of impurities?
In matrix
Transparencies
Talc
Feldspar

45. 4 on Moh's scale
Rocks cool
Fluorite
Cleavage
Fracture

46. What is the definition of a mineral?
Moh's scale
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Corundum

47. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
3.5
Cleavage
Transparencies
6.5

48. Scale by which hardness is measured

49. 2 on Moh's scale
Topaz
Gypsum
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Vug

50. A jagged break indicates...
Fracture
Cleavage
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Apatite