2 - Mineral/Rock Review

Minerals have a definable chemical composition.

• True

• False

Composition - felsic to mafic - is an identification characteristic for which type of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Minerals

Protolith - the "first rock" - is an identification characteristic for which type of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Minerals

Energy of the environment - what "acts" on the rock - is an identification characteristic for which type of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Minerals

ALMOST all of minerals are inorganic

• True

• False

Just looking at the colour of a mineral will tell you what kind it is...

• True

• False

This scale measures the relative ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• Wegners Hardness Scale

• Ricters Hardness Scale

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• Mineral Hardness Scale

Special properties of minerals DO NOT include...

• Magnetism

• Reactions with Acids

• Streak Colour

• Taste

Minerals can form by precipitation from a fluid during hydrothermal processes

• True

• False

Minerals form by many minerals sticking together (clastic)

• True

• False