Mineralogists usually have to do more than one test on a mineral to determine its identity.

Proper dominion of minerals involves appreciating and using their beauty as well as their function.

Which of the following is not a mineral?

What is a mineral composed of more than one chemical element called or classified as a________ mineral

Sulfur is to native mineral as quartz is to_______

Which of the following tests would provide the best example of a mineral's color?

A mineral's crystal classification deals mostly with its

The system used to rate a mineral's hardness is called

Obsidian, a mineral of volcanic origin, breaks in smooth, curved surfaces, showing __________ fracture?

A mineral that is rates as 1 on the hardness scale is

A diamond will scratch feldspar and feldspar will scratch calcite. Which of the following gives the only possible hardness values for calicite, feldspar, and diamond in the correct order?

When you conduct an acid test on a mineral sample, you are watching for

Which of the following is not a native mineral?

The best conductor of electricity (in this group of choices) is………

A carat is a unit of

Which of the following methods is the most common for obtaining minerals and ores?

Mining is one way to exercise dominion over God’s creation, but we must be careful to maximize its benefits while minimizing its ________

At one time aluminum was more valuable than gold.

All minerals are composed of two or more elements.

Some minerals are too hard to leave a streak on a streak plate.

Diamond, with a hardness of 10, is twice as hard as apatite, with a hardness of 5

Determining the density of a mineral sample requires finding its mass and volume.

A mineral is a good resource only if it is useful

Diamond is composed of carbon

Any mineral that contains the element oxygen is an oxide mineral.

Good and wise dominion produces only beneficial results

Fool’s gold ( also called pyrite), a mineral of iron and sulfur, is classified as a(n)

Which of the following is a mixture?

A mineral with only one kind of atom is

Two or more substances physically combined, not chemically bonded

The color of a mineral’s powder

The amount and quality of the light reflected from a mineral’s surface

The ratio of the density of a specimen to the density of water at 4degrees C.

How mica can be broken in to flat sheets

The mineral cinnabar, also called mercury sulfide, is an important source, or ore, of mercury

A mineral composed of more than 1 chemical element would be classified as a(n)_______ mineral

A geologist who studies and identifies mineral samples is called a _________

A more reliable identification property than simply a mineral’s color is its ______

The process by which a crystal grows is called ________

A deep vertical shaft of rock produced by volcanic activity in which diamonds are frequently found is called a diamond pipe

The most abundant family or class of minerall’s in the earth’s crust is the _______

Oxides are compounds that consist of oxygen and another element, usually a _______

Minerals more commonly known as salts, including table salt and road salt, are called ______