Mineral Identification

What is the term used to describe the color of a mineral when it is ground to a powder?

• streak

• sparkle

• hue

• shade

Which mineral has a hardness of 2.5 on the Mohs scale?

• diamond

• quartz

• gypsum

• calcite

What term is used to describe the way light reflects off the surface of a mineral?

• sparkle

• glow

• shine

• luster

What is the color of the streak of hematite?

• Red to reddish-brown

• Blue to green

• Yellow to orange

• Black to gray

What is the term used to describe the way a mineral breaks along flat surfaces?

• Shattering

• Splitting

• Fracture

• Cleavage

What mineral has a metallic luster?

• Quartz

• Pyrite

• Calcite

• Gypsum

What mineral has a white streak?

• quartz

• hematite

• pyrite

• gypsum

What mineral has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale?

• gypsum

• calcite

• quartz

• talc

What term is used to describe the way a mineral breaks into irregular, jagged shapes?

• fragment

• shatter

• splinter

• fracture

What is the color of the streak of graphite?

• Gray

• Black

• Blue

• White