Quiz -Mineral properties

Why is color a useful property to identify Sulfur, but not Quartz.

The hardness of a streak plate is about 6. Why would the streak of potassium feldspar be difficult to determine?

The diagram represents a sample of mineral D.  (ESRT 16).         Mineral D is most likely

• garnet

• calcite

• olivine

• halite

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        The chemical formula for chrysotile is Mg3Si2O5(OH)4. State the name of the mineral found on the Earth Science Reference Tables that is most similar in chemical composition.

What is a common use of the mineral listed based on the composition?

• building stones

• plaster of paris

• jewelry  

• electronics

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     The photograph shows a piece of halite that has been recently broken. Which physical property of halite is demonstrated by this pattern of breakage?

•  luster

• hardness

• cleavage

• streak

    The diagrams below show the crystal shapes of two minerals. Quartz and halite have different crystal shapes primarily because

•      light reflects from crystal surfaces

•    of impurities that produce surface variations

•       energy is released during crystallization

•     of the internal arrangement of the atoms

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The diagrams below represent Moh's Mineral Hardness Scale and a chart showing the approximate hardness of some common objects.    Which statement is best supported by this scale?

•    A piece of glass can be scratched by calcite, but not by quartz.

• A fingernail will scratch calcite, but not quartz.

•       A fingernail will scratch quartz, but not calcite.

• A piece of glass can be scratched by quartz, but not by calcite

    Which mineral is white or colorless, has a hardness of 2.5, and splits with cubic cleavage?

• calcite

• pyrite

• halite

•  mica

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The map shows areas where certain minerals were mined in significant amounts during 1989. The mineral wollastonite has a hardness of 4.5 to 5. Which of the other New York State minerals shown on the map could easily scratch wollastonite?

• talc

• gypsum

• garnet

•  halite