Minerals

Using the mineral data sheet, which mineral is metallic silver with a hardness of 2.5

• galena

• pyrite

• halite

• dolomite

Hematite has a reddish brown streak

• True
• False

Reorder the following minerals from softest to hardest

• Fluorite

• Olivine

• Quartz

• Garnet

• Muscovite Mica

Match the following mineral tests to their descriptions

• Color of the mark left when a mineral is rubbed on a ceramic plate

• Mohs Test

• Tests a mineral's hardness on a scale of 1-10

• Lustre

• Amount of matter in a given volume (M/V)

• Streak

• Metallic, Glassy, Pearly, Dull

• Cleavage & Fracture

• Looking at the way the mineral breaks

• Density

List the minerals that contain the following elements

Groups:

(a) Iron (Fe)

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(b) Calcium (Ca)

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(c) Silicon

• quartz

• orthoclase

• dolomite

• magnetite

• hematite

• fluorite

• calcite

• pyrite

how a mineral breaks is commony referred to its

Match the following: If you can scratch a mineral with the following, where would your mineral be on the Moh Scale?

• 1-2 on the Mohs Scale

• Your fingernail

• above 7 on the Mohs Scale

• Glass

• 6-7 on the Mohs Scale

• A 5c coin

• 3 on the Mohs Scale

• Knife