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