Mineral Definition
Common Minerals
Mineral Uses
Mineral Identification
Misc
100

This phrase is something that exists on its own in nature and is not "man-made"

What is "naturally occuring"

100
This is the softest mineral and has a value of 1 on the Mohs Hardness Scale
What is talc?
100
This mineral is the major component of drywall.
What is gypsum?
100
This is typically the most obvious property of minerals but tends to be the least useful when attempting to identify unknown minerals
What is color?
100
This special property of calcite bends light two ways, allowing the observer to "see double"
What is double refraction?
200
This part of the mineral definition means that it was never living
What is inorganic?
200
This mineral is referred to as "fools gold"
What is pyrite?
200
This mineral is commonly added to public water and toothpaste to aide in dental hygiene.
What is flourite?
200
This test deals with a minerals resistance to being scratched.
What is hardness?
200
Some minerals have this special property, where they emit visible light when exposed to ultraviolent light.
What is flourescence?
300
Minerals must be in this common phase state.
What is solid?
300

This mineral is a number 10 on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

What is diamond

300

Not only is this mineral a popular gemstone, but it is also commonly used as an industrial abrasive.

What is diamond?

300
This test refers to the colored powder left behind after a mineral is scratched on an unglazed porcelein tile.
What is streak?
300

The mineral magnetite has this special property of being __________________.

What is magnetism?

400
Minerals have this, which refers to a solid object whose atoms are arranged in repeating patterns.
What is crystal structure?
400

This mineral looks like gold, but its black streak gives it away. 

What is pyrite?

400
This mineral is often used to melt frozen precipitation on roads and sidewalks.
What is halite?
400
These two properties deal with how a mineral breaks.
What are cleavage and fracture?
400

Measures hardness.

What is the Mohs Scale of Hardness?

500

Each mineral must have a specific combination of elements

What is a definite or fixed chemical composition(formula).

500

Why is color alone not a reliable way to identify a mineral?

A mineral can have more than one color and many minerals may be the same color.

500

A mineral in your pencil.

What is graphite?

500

Two types of mineral luster are:

Metallic nonmetallic, silky, glassy, waxy, pearly, resinous, earthy

500

Mass/Volume(Mass divided by Volume

What is density?

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