Mineral Properties/ assets
Mineral Characteristics
True or False
Mohs Hardness Scale
100
What property is the least reliable for mineral identification?
What is Color.
100
What does it mean if a mineral is "inorganic"?
It means "non-living" or "dead."
100
A mineral is made of rocks.
What is FALSE.
Minerals are made naturally on Earth. Rocks are made up of minerals.
100
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
200
Is the color of the mineral it it's original form always the same as the color of it's powdered form when you test it's streak?
No, the streak can be a different color on the tile from it's original color.
Example: Hemtatite
200
Ice is a mineral but water is not. Why is water not a mineral?
Liquid. Needs to be a solid (one of the 5 characteristics of a mineral).
200
A pearl is a mineral
What is FALSE.
200
What is the softest mineral?
Talc
300
Name two different properties and how we test them
Color, streak, luster, density, hardness, etc..
300
What is the most reliable way to identify a mineral?
What is density or using Mohs Hardness Scale
300
Quartz can scratch Diamond.
What is FALSE.
Diamond is the toughest mineral. Only diamond can scratch diamond.
300
What hardness level can scratch a level five, but not a level seven.
SIX
400
Using the image:
Volume on the left is 20.0 mL & on the right is 22.8 mL. What is the volume of the object?
Volume on the left is 20.0 mL & on the right is 22.8 mL. What is the volume of the object?
What is 2.8 mL
400
Is charcoal a mineral?
No because it is organic. It is made from the remains of vegetation.
400
We do not use density to test a mineral
what is TRUE
400
A diamond can scratch how many minerals according to our scale?
9! All minerals 9 and below
500
What does it mean that a mineral has definite chemical composition?
contains the same elements within that mineral in certain proportions.
500
What words could you use to describe luster?
glossy, metallic, non metallic, pearly, silky, greasy, etc...
500
Your fingernail can scratch Calcite
What is False.
500
Using Moh's Scale of Hardness:
which minerals can scratch a steel knife but can be scratched by a nail?
What is Quartz and Orthoclase.