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Mineral Definition
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Misc
100

How a mineral reflects light is know as its ________

What is Luster?

100
This is the softest mineral and has a value of 1 on the Mohs Hardness Scale
What is talc?
100
This mineral is the major component of drywall.
What is gypsum?
100
This is typically the most obvious property of minerals but tends to be the least useful when attempting to identify unknown minerals
What is color?
100

This special property of calcite bends light two ways, allowing the observer to "see double"

What is double refraction?

200

This characteristic of the mineral means it is not and was never living.

What is inorganic?

200
This mineral is referred to as "fools gold"
What is pyrite?
200
This mineral is commonly added to public water and toothpaste to aide in dental hygiene.
What is flourite?
200
This test deals with a minerals resistance to being scratched.
What is hardness?
200

The two elements found in a silicate mineral.

What are silicon and oxygen?

300

Minerals will alway be found as this phase of matter. 

What is solid?

300
This mineral is often yellow and can easily be identified by its rotten egg smell
What is sulfur?
300

Not only is this mineral a popular gemstone, but it is also commonly used on the head of drills.

What is a diamond?

300
This test refers to the colored powder left behind after a mineral is scratched on an unglazed porcelein tile.
What is streak?
300

What do we call the triangular shape of a silicate.

What is a Tetrahedra/Tetrahedron?

400

Minerals have this, meaning that a sample of halite found in Brazil would be chemically the same as a halite sample from China.

What is defintite chemical composition?

400
This mineral is the hardest known natural substance on Earth
What is diamond?
400
This mineral is a major ingredient in the manufacturing of glass.
What is quartz?
400

A mineral;s density compared to the density of water.

What is Specific Gravity?

400

This mineral is often seen as red glassy grains in NYS metamorphic rocks


What is garnet?

500

The way a mineral grows; Basic shape that a mineral tends to take.

What is crystal or crystal structure?

500

This mineral contains large quantities of iron, can be either metallic or non-metallic and has a reddish-brown streak.

What is hematite?

500
This mineral is often used to melt frozen precipitation on roads and sidewalks.
What is halite?
500
These two properties deal with how a mineral breaks.
What are cleavage and fracture?
500

This mineral will bubble with acid

What is calcite or dolomite?