Vocabulary
Mineral Basics
Science?
Mineral Identity
General
100

one who studies the rocks and minerals of earth, including how they formed

Who is a geologist?

100

The estimated number of minerals in the world

What is 5,000?

100

Terms that completely leave God out of the picture

What are 'naturally occurring' and 'Mother Earth?'

100

Moh's scale measures this from 1 (soft) to 10 (hard).

What is hardness?

100
God wants us to share these with everyone to show God's amazing, creative design.

What are our earthly treasures?

200

The balance of opposite sides of an object in regard to size and form

What is symmetry

200

The scientific classification of minerals is based on this

What is chemistry?

200

A type of mica found in granite that gives evidence that the earth is young rather than old

What is biotite?

200

Scraping a mineral and examining this powder

What is streak?

200

Modern archaeology is confirming this about early man

What is that they were competent in brass and iron metallurgy just as the Bible indicates?

300

To change or form into solid crystals through a chemical process

What is crystallize?

300

That which shows that the mineral world was designed by a wise and organized Creater

The symmetry of precious minerals

300

The detailed argument that Don Landis presents

What is that "Mankind in Genesis is not simple, unevolved, stupid, and without metallurgy"

300

metallic to dull characteristics

What is luster?

300

The only diamond-producing site in the world that is open to the public.

What is Diamonds State Park in Arkansas?
400

concentric circles (circles within circles) left behind by radioactive decay

What are radioactive halos?

400

The three kinds of rocks

What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?

400

Halo research gives evidence that this gives a false age of the earth

What is radiometric dating?

400

Cubic, tetragonal, orthorhombic, hexagonal, monoclinic, or triclinic

What is crystal symmetry?

400

The 7 C's of history as pointed out by Gary Parker and Ken Ham

What are Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, and Consummation?

500

A reconciling or repairing of a relationship, as done by Christ in His sacrifice so we could stand forgiven before God

What is atonement?

500

A special group of compounds created by God, a fixed chemistry, contains a crystalline structure, inorganic, exists as a solid

What are the five foundations that define a mineral?

500

Assumptions used with radiometric dating and radioactive decay fail to take into account forces that could do this

What is add to or impact the isotopes over the period of their existence?

500

Compares a mineral's weight to that of an equal volume of water

What is specific gravity?

500

These are found in sedimentary and volcanic rock, are round or sphere-shaped oddities that have crystals inside them formed from water and minerals passing through the cavity at the center.

What are geodes?

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