Minerals part 2

Minerals part 2

Multiple Select

What are the 7 properties of minerals?

• color/streak

• Special properties

• Luster

• Cleavage/ fracture

• Density/Hardness

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Identify the softest mineral

• Topaz

• Calcite

• Talc

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Why is coal NOT a mineral?

• It is the way it reflects light

• It is an organic sedimentary rock and made of minerals. They are inorganic.

• It is not a mineral due to it's color

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A scratch test can prove what a mineral is.

• true

• false

• You must do other tests to prove what the mineral is.

Multiple Choice

Cleavage and fracture is a property to test what a mineral is.

• True

• False

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Luster is how a mineral reflects light.

• Possibly

• True

• False

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Name the 5 characteristics of a mineral.

• From solutions, metamorphism, as magma and lava cool.

• Silicon, oxygen, atoms, compounds and pure

• Good sense of humor, kind, thoughtful, funny, caring.

• Inorganic, definite chemical composition,naturally occurring,solid,crystalline structure.

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Minerals are naturally occurring, which means they are formed by processes that take place on Earth

• True

• False

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How is halite formed?

• Deep within the Earth's core

• Precipitation from an evaporating solution such as salt water

• Metamorphism

Multiple Choice

Elements are made of...

• Quartz

• Calcite

• Atoms

Multiple Choice

Density is always the same for the same mineral

• False

• It depends on the mineral

• True

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The property of hardness is tested by a mineral's resistance to being -

• looked at

• broken

• scratched

Which is the best way to identify a mineral?

Streak- This is the color of the POWDER of a mineral. This never varies, it is always the same color.

Multiple Select

The best way to identify a mineral is by color.

• Of course!

• I have no idea!

• Streak- the powder of the mineral.

• Your eyes.

Multiple Choice

What is the formula for density?

• E=MC2

• H2O + s2

• D=m/v