Minerals
Properties
Vocab
Hardness Raised
General Knowledge
We Had to use Gizmos
Where'd they come from
100
To be a mineral you must be this state of matter.
What is a solid?
100
How a mineral reflects light with its surface.
What is Luster?
100
A naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a chemical composition, and a crystalline structure.
What is a mineral?
100
This scale is used to rank the minerals by their resistance to being scratched.
What is the Mohs Hardness Scale?
100
This property maybe the least helpful when identifying minerals.
What is Color/Appearance?
100
We are testing this property.
What is streak?
100
Water does this leaving behind dissolved minerals that form crystals.
What is evaporation?
200
To be a mineral you can not be made in a lab or by humans you must be this.
What is naturally occuring?
200
The color of the mineral in powder form.
What is Streak?
200
A narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock.
What is a vein?
200
This mineral is the softest mineral in the world with a 1 ranking.
What is Talc?
200
When a mineral breaks in smooth lines.
What is Cleavage?
200
Identify the hardness.
What is 7 or greater?
200
This hot molten rocks cools on the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
300
To be a mineral you must have this structure.
What is a crystal structure?
300
A mineral's resistance to being scratched.
What is Hardness?
300
The process where atoms are arranged to form a material that has a crystal structure.
What is crystallization?
300
This mineral is the hardest mineral in the world with a hardness of 10.
What is Diamond?
300
A mineral sample has a mass of 4.2 grams and a volume of 2 milliliters for a density of this.
What is 2.1 g/cm^3
300
The reason no streak was left.
What is a hardness greater than 7?
300
As liquids located here cool overtime they crystallize.
What is underground?
400
To be a mineral you must have this type of composition.
What is a chemical composition?
400
The mass of the mineral divided by its volume.
What is Density?
400
A mixture which one substance dissolves in another.
What is a solution?
400
If a mineral can scratch your fingernail (2.5) but not a penny (3.5) it has a hardness of this.
What is 3?
400
Minerals with a hardness of 7 or greater have this kind of streak.
What is no streak?
400
This mineral had a mass of 44 grams, find the density.
What is 2.2 g/cm^3?
400
Molten rock inside Earth's crust.
What is magma?
500
To be a mineral you must come from nonliving things.
What is inorganic?
500
When a mineral breaks in an unpredictable jagged pattern.
What is fracture?
500
A rounded hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals.
What is a geode?
500
This mineral is also shown being bit as a medal because it is so soft your teeth can leave marks.
What is gold?
500
At first glance this mineral may fool you with its gold like appearance.
What is Pyrite?
500
Identify the hardness.
What is 3?
500
The rate at which magma or lava cool affects the size of these.
What are crystals?