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Mineral Properties/ assets
Mineral Characteristics
True or False
Mohs Hardness Scale
100
What property is the least reliable for mineral identification?
What is Color.
100

What does it mean if a mineral is "inorganic"?

It means "non-living" or "dead."

100
A mineral is made of rocks.
What is FALSE. Minerals are made naturally on Earth. Rocks are made up of minerals.
100

What is the hardest mineral?

Diamond

200
Is the color of the mineral it it's original form always the same as the color of it's powdered form when you test it's streak?
No, the streak can be a different color on the tile from it's original color. Example: Hemtatite
200
Ice is a mineral but water is not. Why is water not a mineral?
Liquid. Needs to be a solid (one of the 5 characteristics of a mineral).
200

A pearl is a mineral 

What is FALSE. 

200

What is the softest mineral?

Talc

300

Name two different descriptions of a non-metallic luster.

glassy, earthy & dull.

300

What is the most reliable way to identify a mineral?

What is using Mohs Hardness Scale 

300
Quartz can scratch Diamond.
What is FALSE. Diamond is the toughest mineral. Only diamond can scratch diamond.
300

What mineral can Orthoclase scratch? (Give 1)

Apatite, Fluorite, Calcite, Gypsum, Talc 

400
Using the image:

Volume on the left is 20.0 mL & on the right is 22.8 mL. What is the volume of the object?
What is 2.8 mL
400

Is charcoal a mineral?

No because it is organic. It is made from the remains of vegetation.

400

We do not use density to test a mineral 

what is TRUE

400

A drill bit can scratch how many minerals according to our scale?

9! All minerals 9 and below 

500

What does it mean that a mineral has definite chemical composition? 

contains the same elements within that mineral in certain proportions. 
500

What words could you use to describe luster?

glossy, metallic, non metallic, pearly, silky, greasy, etc...

500

Your fingernail can scratch Calcite

What is False. 

500

Using Moh's Scale of Hardness:

which minerals can scratch a steel knife but can be scratched by a nail?

What is Quartz and Orthoclase.