Minerals Vocabulary
The way a mineral reflects light
Luster
The type of rock formed through heat and pressure.
Metamorphic
To test streak, we rub the mineral on a _______ _______.
Streak Plate
When magma cools down, it forms which type of rock?
Igneous
What is the density of a mineral with:
Mass: 10 grams
Volume: 5 mL
2 g/mL
The color of the mineral's mark on a white plate.
Rocks formed from the compression and cementation of sediment are called ___________.
Sedimentary Rocks
What mineral can scratch Fluorite but not Orthoclase?
Apatite
What do you need in order for an igneous rock to be turned into sediments?
Weathering
What is the formula used to calculate density?
mass divided by volume
Which of the following is not a good characteristic used to classify minerals?
Hardness, Shape, Luster, or Streak?
Shape
Rocks formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava are called ________.
Igneous Rocks
If one mineral can scratch the other, what can be said about their hardnesses?
(Are they the same or different?)
One is harder than the other. Their hardnesses are different.
The type of rock formed when basalt rock is eroded into small particles over time, then compressed together.
Sedimentary
Determine the density of an object that is 10 cubic centimeters and weighs 40 grams
4 g/cm^3
The ability of a mineral to resist being scratched
Hardness
When granite melts and then solidifies, it becomes —
Igneous Rock
An unknown mineral can be scratched by quartz and scratch calcite.
Which of the following can it NOT be?
Fluorite, Apatite, Feldspar, Talc
Talc
How can you change metamorphic rock into magma?
Melting
Determine the density of an object that weighs 51 grams and when put in water, displaces 12 mL.
4.25 g/mL
List four main characteristics used to test Minerals....
hardness, color, luster, streak
conductivity, malleability, fracture
When lava cools very slowly (intrusive rock), the crystals will be _______.
large
A mineral with a hardness of 5.5 can be scratched by which 5 minerals?
Diamond, Corundum, Topaz, Quartz, Feldspar
Metamorphic rock can eventually become which type of rock(s)?
Igneous and Sedimentary and Metamorphic
Calculate the density of a mineral that weighs 14 grams and when placed in water, the water jumps from 30mL to 37 mL
2 g/mL