Tyes of Rocks
Mineral Properties
Minerals
Rocks
Pot Luck!
100
People who study rocks/minerals.
Who are geologists?
100
This word means you can see through the mineral like a window.
What is transparent?
100
This is what minerals are made of.
What are chemicals?
100
All rocks are made up of two or more of these.
What are minerals?
100
The naturally preserved remains or traces of ancient life that lived in the geologic past.
What are fossils?
200
These rocks form when molten lava cools and hardens.
How do igneous rocks form?
200
This means you can see no light through the mineral.
What is opaque?
200
This tells how easy it is to scratch a mineral.
What is hardness?
200
Daily Double! This mineral makes up most of the Earth's crust.
What is feldspar?
200
Talc, Gypsum and Calcite are classified as this hardness.
What are soft minerals?
300
This rock type is formed by layers of sand and mud at the bottom of lakes & oceans turned into rocks.
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
This means you can see some light through it.
What is translucent?
300
These are minerals that have had the chance to grow in the shape that they were meant to be.
What are chrystals?
300
This is melted rock found inside the earth.
What is magma?
300
Diamond and Quartz are this hardness.
What are hard minerals?
400
These rocks are igneous or sedimentary rocks that have been changed by great heat or pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
400
Glassy, sparkly, waxy and dull are all words to describe this property of a mineral.
What is luster?
400
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400
A hollow rock which has crystals inside (usually made from the mineral quartz).
What are geodes?
400
A nail and a penny are used to test this property.
What tools test a minerals hardness?
500
This is an igneous rock.
What is granite, lava rock, pumice, diorite, gabbro, periodotite, pegmatite?
500
These 3 words describe how light shines through a mineral.
What are transparent, translucent and opaque?
500
This is a type of rock that many flooring tiles, sculptures and counter tops are made of.
What is granite (or marble)?
500
This is a type of rock that many flooring tiles, sculptures and counter tops are made of.
What is marble?
500
Tells how a mineral breaks.
What is cleavage?
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