Mineral Properties
This mineral metallic, has a hardness of 2.5 and has cubic cleavage
What is Galena?
This is the how a mineral reflects light. Some examples include shiny, pearly, non-metallic.
What is luster?
This mineral will react with acid, but only if it is powdered.
What is dolomite?
This mineral reacts with acid!
What is calcite?
This is how "strong" a mineral is. It is tested by scratching it on a glass plate.
What is hardness?
This is one of the most reliable mineral tests. It requires the use of mass and volume.
What is density?
This mineral comes in many colors (variable colors) and has a hardness of 7. It is one of the most common non-metallic minerals and can have hexagonal crystals.
What is quartz?
This is when a mineral breaks into clear flat sides.
What is cleavage?
This mineral has a chemical formula of NaCl
What is Halite?
These two minerals can be peeled into thin and flexible sheets
What is muscovite and biotite mica?
This is the the color of the powder left behind when a mineral is rubbed on a streak plate.
What is streak?
A mineral has a mass of 24.0g and a volume of 8.0mL. The density would be...
What is 3.0 g/mL
This mineral is used in the drywall all around us.
What is gypsum?
This is something that is naturally occurring with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement. It has to be a solid as well
What is a mineral?
This mineral has titanium in it's chemical composition
What is amphibole?