Reference Table
Mineral with green sand grains
What is olivine?
Quartz and Olivine.
What is quartz?
Gas bubbles in the rock tell me it has this property.
What is vesicular?
This property is found when we look at how a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
This is where we find lava.
What is on the Earth's surface?
Metallic luster, cubic cleavage and hardness of 2.5
What is galena?
Muscovite and Biotite.
What is Muscovite?
If I have a light colored igneous rock, I have this composition.
What is felsic?
A porcelain plate helps me determines a mineral's this.
What is streak?
Felsic igneous rocks are high in sodium and potassium as well as this other element.
What is silicone?
Both minerals that react with acid.
What is dolomite and calcite?
Potassium Feldspar and Biotite Mica.
What is Potassium Feldspar?
All intrusive rocks are made when this material solidifies.
What is magma?
This is what we use for a hardness test
What is a glass plate?
If I am struggling on the test, I should look here to help me.
What is the reference table?
Strong red-brown streak
What is hematite?
Amphibole and Pyroxene.
What is Amphibole?
If my igneous rock has large crystals, I know it cooled for this amount of time.
What is a long time?
If i took a piece of quartz and tried to scratch corundum, this would happen.
What is nothing?
This process forms igneous rocks.
What is melting and solidification?
Non-metallic, softer than glass and associated with azurite.
What is malachite?
Calcium rich Plagioclase and Sodium rich Plagioclase.
What is Sodium rich?
My igneous rock has olivine and pyroxene. I know it most likely has this composition.
What is mafic?
A mineral's chemical and physical properties are based off of this.
What is the internal arrangement of atoms?
This is the name of the giant in Irish folklore that built the Giant's Causeway.
What is Finn McCool?