Mineral Quiz

How many things must be true for something to be considered a mineral?

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 8

Match the property to the correct description

• Streak

• When a mineral breaks unevenly

• Fracture

• The color of the powder the mineral leaves behind. MIGHT BE different than mineral color!

• Cleavage

• When a mineral breaks with a clean and even edge.

• Luster

• Description of how light reflects from a mineral's surface.

• Color

• The actual color of the mineral. Very unreliable since many minerals can have the same color.

Put the following in order from softest mineral to hardest mineral.

• Fluorite

• Apatite

• Talc

• Quartz

• Diamond

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Which mineral can be scratched by feldspar but not scratched by fluorite?

• Quartz

• Calcite

• Feldspar

• Apatite

Salt is a mineral.

• True

• False

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Using the 5 things that are necessary to be a mineral, which of these are minerals and which are not?

Groups:

(a) Mineral

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(b) Not a Mineral

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