Minerals

Mineral D is most likely...

• Galena

• Garnet

• Olivine

• Halite

Which rock is composed of the mineral halite that formed when seawater evaporated?

• limestone

• rock gypsum

• dolostone

• rock salt

Which sample best shows the physical properties normally associated with the slow cooling of magma?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which physical characteristic best describes the rock phyllite?

• glassy texture with gas pockets

• clastic texture with angular fragments

• bioclastic texture with cemented shell fragments

• foliated texture with microscopic mica crystals

The minerals talc, muscovite mica, quartz, and olivine are similar because they

• have the same hardness

• are the same color

• contain silicon and oxygen

• break along cleavage planes

Which material is made mostly of the mineral quartz?

• sulfuric acid

• pencil lead

• plaster of paris

• window glass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A nonvesicular rock is made entirely of green 2-millimeter-diameter crystals that have a hardness of 6.5 and show fracture, but not cleavage. The rock is most likely

• phyllite

• dunite

• shale

• schist

Answer the question, with the help of your ESRT.

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Answer the following question with the use of your ESRT.

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Which rock is composed of a mineral that can be used for the production of cement?

• limestone

• rock gypsum

• basalt

• rock salt