Minerals
This is the least reliable way to identify a mineral.
Color
These types of rock are formed inside the Earth.
Intrusive
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
heat and pressure
What is needed to make a sedimentary rock?
Sediment or particles from other rocks.
What is the name of the hardness scale for minerals?
Moh's hardness scale.
The ability of a mineral to reflect light.
Luster
These types of rocks are formed on the surface of the Earth.
Extrusive
What kind of rocks have layers or can show cleavage?
Foliated
These types of rocks have fossils in them.
organic
A ________ mineral will scratch a _______ mineral. Hint: use the words softer and harder.
harder; softer
The ability of a mineral to break in sheets or in parallel layers.
Cleavage
Extrusive rocks have what kind of texture?
fine-grained
What kind of rocks do not show layers and would show fracture?
non-foliated
These types or rocks are made when water evaporates and the particles left over crystallize.
chemical
This is the number of the softest mineral.
1
The ability of rock to break in "chunks".
Fracture
Intrusive rocks have what kind of texture?
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
Deep inside the earth's crust.
These types or rocks are made from particles of rocks getting "compacted" or "cemented" together.
clastic
If Quartz has a hardness of 7, and apatite has a hardness of 5. Will Apatite scratch quartz.
No
What do you use to test the powder color of a mineral?
Streak plate
What determines the size of the crystals in an igneous rock?
The rate at which the lava/magma cools.
Name on metamorphic rock.
Gneiss, Marble, Slate, Schist, etc.
Name a sedimentary rock that is coarse grained and shows bigger pieces of rock inside of it.
breccia or conglomerate
Name 4 rules that make a mineral a mineral.
Solid, Naturally occurring, Inorganic, Crystal Structure, Chemical Composition