Mineral properties
Diamond is a 10 on this scale.
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
SiO2
What is quartz?
These are the three categories of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Yosemite's Half Dome is this type of rock.
What is granite?
The color of the powdered mineral is called this.
What is the streak?
CaCO3
What is calcite or aragonite?
This type of rock forms at a mid-ocean ridge.
What is basalt?
The White Cliffs of Dover are this type of rock.
What is chalk?
Opal, ice, glass. Name the mineral from that list.
What is ice?
KAlSi3O8
What is potassium feldspar? (orthoclase/microcline/sanidine)
This is where crust is recycled into the mantle.
What is a subduction zone?
This is the deepest part of the ocean.
What is the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench?
A mineral has this when it breaks along a plane.
What is cleavage?
PbS
What is galena?
As residual mantle rock, dunite consists of >90% this mineral.
What is olivine?
This type of rock is found at the summit of Mt Everest.
What is marine limestone?