Which type of breakage does this mineral have?

What is the chemical formula of Quartz?

#1 on the Mohs Hardness Scale and also used in baby powder.

This mineral is used to preserve and season food. It is the mineral name for salt.

Which mineral property is being tested in the following diagram?

White or pink. White streak. Perfect cleavage in two directions.

This mineral is metallic, dense, is copper colored and tarnishes green.

This mineral has a hardness of 6.5 and is brassy gold with cubic crystals. It does not tarnish.

This mineral is magnetic, metallic, and has a grey to dark grey streak.

This mineral has 3 cleavages not at 90 (rhombohedral), hardness of 3.5 and fizzes with acid

This mineral is very soft (2), comes in several colors and forms such as orange, colorless or white, and does not fizz with acid or have a soapy feel

THis mineral is very hard (7) can be found as hexagonal crystals but will fracture if broken. It comes in many colors (smoke, rose, orange, purple, white, colorless).

This mineral, is colorless, purple, or greenish. Has a white streak and a hardness of 4.

This mineral is very dense, can streak on paper, and has cubic cleavage (3 at 90)

This mineral can be magnetic, can be dull/Earthy or very specular. It's must distinguishing property is its reddish brown streak.

This mineral has 1 cleavage, is dark colored and can peel into sheets.

This mineral is light colored to transparent and has 1 cleavage and can peel into sheets.

This mineral is very soft (less than a fingernail 1.5-2), is metallic and has a very low density for being metallic. It will easily write on paper and has no cleavage.

This rock is called ___________.

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This rock is called ___________.

This rock is called ___________.

What is the texture of this rock?

What is the texture of this rock?

What is the texture of this rock?

Breccia is composed of large, angular fragments of rocks and minerals cemented together.

The compacting and cementing of sediments to form sedimentary rock is called

This rough textured sedimentary rock, made of quartz sand

This blackish, organic sedimentary rock is

This sedimentary rock that contains rounded clasts

Limestone is composed mainly of a mineral called calcium carbonate.

Sedimentary, very fine texture, breaks in thin sheets

What factors can lead to the formation of a sedimentary rock?

Describe the texture of breccia.

Describe the texture of limestone.

The photograph shows the texture of a rock composed of various minerals as seen through a microscope. Which rock is most likely shown above?

The rock shown has a foliated texture and contains the minerals amphibole, quartz, and feldspar arranged in coarse-grained bands. Which rock is shown?

What type of rock is this?

This rock is called ___________.

Igneous, glassy

Very hard, made of microcrystalline quartz

Which sequence of change in rock type occurs as shale is subjected to increasing heat and pressure?

During the Permian Period, sedimentary bedrock in the Appalachian Region was subjected to high temperature and pressure. Calcite deposits that had existed in this environment would most likely have formed

How do the metamorphic rocks schist and quartzite differ?