Minerals Test

Is the breaking along uneven surfaces

• Fracture
• Metallic
• Nonmetallic
• Cleavage

Is the ability to split easily along a flat plane

• Fracture
• Metallic
• Nonmetallic
• Cleavage

color of mineral's powder

• hardness
• luster
• streak

the shine of reflected light

• hardness
• luster
• streak

mineral's resistance to being scratched

• hardness
• luster
• streak

What mineral will fizz when hydrochloric acid is added to it?

• Muscovite Mica
• Potassium Feldspar
• Calcite
• Sulfar

3 Ways Minerals are identified

• Crystal Structure, Inorganic, Streak
• hardness, luster, streak
• Luster, Natural Occuring, Solid
• chicken, noodles and gravy

A mineral can scratch talc and gypsum, but not apatite.  The mineral is MOST LIKELY ______________.

• diamond
• fluorite
• quartz
• topaz

Use the hardness chart to answer the question.  If a copper penny can scratch gypsum, then a copper penny will scratch _________

• apatite
• calcite
• fluorite
• talc

A steel nail can scratch a certain mineral.  A copper penny cannot scratch the same mineral. Which statement is TRUE about the mineral?

• It is softer than both copper and steel.
• It is harder than both copper and steel.
• It is harder than steel, but softer than copper.
• It is harder than copper, but softer than steel.