Earth Science SOL Review Sheet #5: Minerals

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The image shows how a sample of the mineral mica breaks when hit with a rock hammer. This mineral breaks in smooth, flat surfaces because it--

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has a regular arrangement of atoms.

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Halite has three cleavage directions at 90^o to each other. Which model best represents the shape of a broken sample of halite?

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Which of these is not an ore mineral? Pyrite, Magnetite, Calcite, Galena

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Calcite

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Which term is most associated with the mineral property "hardness"? Shine, Break, Scratch, Heavy

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Scratch

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Which term is most associated with the mineral property "luster"?

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Shine

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A mineral that can scratch fluorite, but be scratched by orthoclase is able to--

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Scratch calcite and be scratched by quartz.

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The streak test that is useful in identifying minerals, involves studying the--

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Color of the powdered form of the mineral

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Calcite dissolves when exposed to hydrochloric acid. Which geologic process is this most similar to?

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Weatheirng

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Which mineral would you be able to scratch with a fingernail? Options: Gypsum, Corundum, Fluorite, Diamond

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Gypsum

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This igneous rock is composed primarily of large mineral crystals that were formed by--

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Cooling magma