Mineral Identification
Colorless
Luster: Nonmetallic
Hardness: can scratch all others
Streak: white
Diamond
Are minerals natural or unnatural?
Natural!
Color is the easiest property of a mineral to observe, but why is it least reliable?
Minerals can come in many different colors
When pieces of rock are deposited into layers, cemented and put under pressure, they become what type of rock?
Sedimentary
What Disney movie includes the famous line: "DISHONOR ON YOUR WHOLE FAMILY! DISHONOR ON YOU! DISHONOR ON YOUR COW!"
Mulan
Silver
Metallic Luster
HArdness: cannot scratch a penny
Streak: silvery grey
Silver
What does inorganic mean?
Not alive or never alive
The way a mineral reflects light is described as its metallic or non-metallic what?
Luster!
Rocks formed when magma or lava cools are called what?
Igneous!
Great Whites and Hammerheads are what type of animals?
Sharks!
White
Luster: nonmetallic
Hardness: 2
Streak: white
gypsum
True or False: minerals do not have a definite chemical composition
FALSE!
A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has the property called what?
Cleavage
Metamorphic rocks are formed from what?
Heat and pressure
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Greenish-white
Nonmetallic
Hardness: 1
Streak: white
talc
True or False: each mineral has its own physical and chemical properties that can be used to identify it.
True!
True or False: Fracture is the best clues when identifying a mineral.
FALSE! Hardness
Which football team won the superbowl in Feb. 2019?
New England Patriots
Black
MEtallic
HArdness: can be scratched by a fingernail
Steak: black
Name the 5 characteristics of a mineral.
Natural, inorganic, crystalline, solid, definite chemical composition.
What is the scale used to measure mineral hardness, and what is its number range?
Moh's Hardness Scale, 1-10
When continents collide, enough heat and pressure is created to turn existing rocks into what?
Metamorphic
How many grams are there in a kilogram?
1,000 grams