Minerals Quiz

The picture below are examples of minerals that are found on Earth. There are 5 characteristics that all minerals have in common. Select all that apply.

• Solid

• Man man

• inorganic

• chemical composition

• created only in labs

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Using the Mineral Identification Key, Identify the following Mineral based on the following Data: Luster-Metallic, Streak Color-Black, Special Property-Brittle

• Graphite

• Chalcopyrite

• Magnetite

• Pyrite

How do minerals form?

• From the cooling of magma/lava

• From the deposition/evaporation of solutions

• From the sublimation of volcanic gases

• All of the above

• None of the above

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The three samples below are minerals. Explain 3 TESTS that you can do to determine which is quarts, which is halite, and which is calcite. DO NOT USE SPECIAL PROPERTIES as an answer.

Which of the following is a special property of a mineral that will help identify a mineral if you have two that appear to be the same mineral.  

• Luster

• Hardness

• If it's magnetic

• Streak

Which of the following properties of a mineral is unreliable and really isn't used to identify a mineral.

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Color

Match the following mineral tests to their descriptions

• Color of the mark left when a mineral is rubbed on a ceramic plate

• Density

• Mass divided by volume

• Shape

• Tests a mineral's hardness on a scale of 1-10

• Luster

• Metallic, Glassy, Pearly, Dull

• Mohs Test

• Cube, hexagonal, irregular, pyramidal

• Streak

Which is NOT an example of a special property of a mineral?

• Quartz coming in a variety of colors

• Magnetite being magnetic

• Dolomite fizzes when HCl acid is added

• Sulphur smells like rotten eggs

• Fluorite glows under a black light

According to the Mohs scale, what is the hardest mineral?

• Corundum

• Diamond

• Topaz

• Quarts

Match the following

• Cleavage

• when the mineral breaks and forms a jagged or uneven surface.

• Breakage

• How a mineral breaks

• Fracture

• when a mineral breaks or splits along a flat, smooth surface.