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Mineral Identification Trivia

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

2. List the types of luster
Talc
Vug
In matrix
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

3. 7 on Moh's scale
Quartz
Rocks cool
Talc
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid

4. What is the definition of a mineral?
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Cleavage
In matrix
Topaz

5. 6 on Moh's scale
Talc
Fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
Feldspar

6. 2 on Moh's scale
Talc
Fluorite
Calcite
Gypsum

7. Bauxite has...
Fluorite
Gypsum
Conchoil fracture
Diamond

8. 6 on Moh's scale
3.5
Feldspar
Cleavage
3

9. 8 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Cleavage
Topaz
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

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

11. 1 on Moh's scale
Feldspar
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
2.5
Talc

12. 9 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Corundum

13. 4 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Fluorite
Are minerals in their simplest form
Moh's scale

14. Glass has a hardness of...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Calcite
3.5
6.5

15. 1 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
Talc
Apatite
In matrix

16. Bauxite has...
Moh's scale
Gypsum
Conchoil fracture
Cleavage

17. Most gems...
3.5
Are minerals in their simplest form
Calcite
Transparencies

18. What is an indicator of impurities?
Feldspar
Calcite
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Transparencies

19. 2 on Moh's scale
3
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Gypsum
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)

20. 4 on Moh's scale
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
2.5
Fluorite
Quartz

21. 10 on Moh's scale
Diamond
Talc
Quartz
Fluorite

22. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
In matrix
2.5
6.5
Fluorite

23. List five other properties of identification
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Gypsum
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Corundum

24. A smooth break indicates...
Diamond
3
6.5
Cleavage

25. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
3
Calcite
Diamond
2.5

26. A smooth break indicates...
Cleavage
3
In matrix
Transparencies

27. What is an indicator of impurities?
Rocks cool
Are minerals in their simplest form
6.5
Transparencies

28. Fingernails have a hardness of...
2.5
Quartz
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Gypsum

29. When a mineral is found in a rock - it is...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
In matrix
Gypsum
Topaz

30. Most gems...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Fracture
Are minerals in their simplest form
Rocks cool

31. Scale by which hardness is measured

32. List the types of luster
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Feldspar
Vug
Calcite

33. 5 on Moh's scale
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Apatite
2.5
Fracture

34. Crystals form as...
Rocks cool
Talc
Quartz
Transparencies

35. 5 on Moh's scale
Cleavage
Transparencies
6.5
Apatite

36. Crystals form as...
Topaz
Rocks cool
Fracture
Gypsum

37. A jagged break indicates...
Metallic - non-metallic (earthy - vitreous - crystal - glassy - waxy)
Moh's scale
Fracture
6.5

38. What is the definition of a mineral?
Cleavage
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle
Moh's scale
Corundum

39. Scale by which hardness is measured

40. 9 on Moh's scale
Corundum
Fracture
Calcite
6.5

41. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
Rocks cool
3.5
Vug
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

42. Nails and metal files have a hardness of...
Calcite
3.5
Rocks cool
6.5

43. 7 on Moh's scale
Smell - taste - magnetism - blacklight - effervesces in cold acid
Quartz
Are minerals in their simplest form
Conchoil fracture

44. List the main seven properties of identification.
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Apatite
Moh's scale
3

45. A jagged break indicates...
2.5
3
Fracture
Rocks cool

46. An empty space which allows minerals to form crystals is a...
2.5
Vug
Diamond
Moh's scale

47. 3 on Moh's scale
Calcite
Moh's scale
Apatite
Gypsum

48. Copper pennies have a hardness of...
Conchoil fracture
3
In matrix
Naturally occurring - typically inorganic - specific composition; beginning component of the rock cycle

49. 10 on Moh's scale
Conchoil fracture
In matrix
2.5
Diamond

50. Fingernails have a hardness of...
Hardness - color - transparency and luster - heft - breakage - crystal habit - streak
Moh's scale
2.5
In matrix