Characteristics of Minerals
Identifying Properties of Minerals 1
Identifying Properties of Minerals 2
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About how many different types of minerals are there on Earth?
3,000
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What scale do we use to measure hardness?
Mohs Hardness Scale
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What are the two types of luster?
Metallic and non-metallic
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Are minerals made up of organic or inorganic substances?
Inorganic
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What property looks at how the mineral breaks?
Cleavage or Fracture
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How many different crystal shapes are there?
6
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All minerals are found naturally as a part of Earth. True or False?
True
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What is the least reliable identifying property?
Mineral color
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Name 2 of the 3 ways minerals can be formed
Magma process, Pressure process, and/or Hydrothermal Solution/Hot Water Solution
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Are minerals solid, liquid, or gas?
Solid
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If a mineral's dry weight is 50 grams and it's wet weight is 25 grams?
2
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What is an example of a special property that we tested in our mineral identification lab?
HCl used to test for calcite
500
Whether you have 1 gram of quartz or 300 grams of quartz, it is always made up of SiO2. What characteristic is this?
Definite chemical composition
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On Mohs hardness scale, what is the softest mineral and the hardest mineral?
Talc and Diamond
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What are the two main mineral groups?
Silicate and Nonsilicate
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