Characteristics
Identification
Gems
Ores
Types of
100
The number of basic characteristics that minerals share.
What is four
100
This is not enough to identify a mineral by.
What is color?
100
These are the properties that make a diamond a gemstone.
What is rare and beautiful?
100
A mineral is classified as an ore as long as it is _________.
What is profitable and useful.
100
The largest group of rock-forming minerals.
What are silicates?
200
Crystal structures will look like this if magma cools quickly.
What is small crystal structures?
200
This is what happens when a mineral will peel off in flat sheets.
What is cleavage.
200
This is one way gems can be useful.
What is to cut items or used in lasers?
200
This ore is obtained from bauxite?
What is aluminum?
200
This mineral is known for its durability and being lightweight.
What is titanium?
300
These are two ways that minerals can form.
What is from magma and from solution?
300
Of the following: sugar, coal, salt and wood; _______ is the only example of a mineral.
What is salt?
300
This is the term referred to gems that are made by man.
What is synthetic?
300
This is the softest mineral.
What is talc?
400
These are the four characteristics of minerals.
What is naturally occurring, inorganic, definite composition, and is solid?
400
Calcite will scratch gypsum. This is an example of_________.
What is hardness?
400
This is where the largest diamond was located.
What is South Africa?
400
This determines when a mineral is not longer classified as an ore.
What is profitable?
400
This is why coal is not a mineral.
What is once living?
500
These are two types of crystal structures.
What is cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, or triclinic?
500
These are two types of luster.
What is metallic and nonmetallic?
500
This is the hardest mineral that is also classified as a gem.
What is a diamond?
500
This is the ore that comes from hematite.
What is iron?
500
Ilmenite and rutile are two minerals found in this ore.
What is titanium?
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