Minerals

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Which minerals in the table will scratch quartz?

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topaz, corundum, diamond

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List the following minerals in order of decreasing hardness: apatite, calcite, corundum, feldspar, and talc.

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corundum, feldspar, apatite, calcite, talc

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What would happen if you rubbed a piece of fluorite against a piece of feldspar?

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fluorite would be scratched but the feldspar would not be scratched.

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What would you expect to happen if you rubbed a mineral of hardness 7.5 against a piece of quartz?

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It would scratch the quartz.

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An unknown mineral scratches apatite and is scratched by corundum. What mineral(s) on Moh’s hardness scale could the unknown mineral be? Options: quartz, topaz

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quartz, topaz

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If an unknown mineral has a hardness between 5 and 9, what could you do to the mineral to find out more about its hardness?

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try scratching it with feldspar, quartz, and topaz.

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A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness of more than 6.

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False

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Do minerals come from organic materials?

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False

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A mineral must be inorganic, which means that it contains: compounds, materials made by humans, parts of living things, no materials that were once part of living things.

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no materials that were once part of living things.

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What is the hardest known mineral?

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diamond