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- 1. Multiple Choice
Silicate Minerals contain elements silicon and oxygen. Which list contains only silicate minerals?
Use page 16 of your ESRT.
Graphite, Talc, and selenite gypusm
Potassium feldspar, quartz, and amphibole
Calcite, dolomite, and pyroxene
Biotite mica, fluorite, and garnet
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which nonmetallic mineral has a white-yellow streak?
Muscovite Mica
Quartz
Halite
Sulfur
- 3. Multiple Choice
Certain minerals usually break along flat surfaces, while other minerals break unevenly. This is caused by...
Age of Mineral
Cleavage and fracture
Internal arrangement of atoms
Force the mineral is broken with.
- 4. Fill in the Blank
Which mineral has a density of 7.6 g/cm?
- 5. Multiple Choice
What composition do the minerals Hematite, Calcite, Quartz, and Potassium Feldspar have in common?
Sulfur
Calcium
Oxygen
They are all Minerals
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which property is most useful in mineral identification?
Hardness
Color
Texture
Size
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which mineral will scratch fluorite, galena, and pyroxene?
Graphite
Olivine
Calcite
Dolomite
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which mineral has nonmetallic luster, exhibits cleavage, and feels greasy?
Halite
Talc
Gypsum
Olivine
- 9. Multiple Choice
Quartz mineral samples are best identified by their...
Hardness
color
size
Mass
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which minerals are used to make jewelry?
Hematite
Garnet
All of the above
Amphibole
Calcite
- 11. Multiple Choice
The physically properties of a minerals are largely due to its..
Melting point
volume
organic composition
internal arrangement of atoms.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which property of a mineral most directly results from the internal arrangement of its atoms?
Crystal shape
volume
color
streak
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which Mineral is used for house/construction materials.
Muscovite mica
Selenite gypsum
Olivine
Biotite mica
- 14. Multiple Choice
If a mineral scratches a piece of glass it has a hardness less than 5.5
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
If a mineral scratches a piece of glass it's greater than 5.5
True
False
- 16. Fill in the Blank
Which minerals will bubble with acid?
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which minerals composition has SIO 2 ?
Talc
Olivine
Muscovite mica
Quartz
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which mineral can scratch A,B, and C, but can't scratch D?
Quartz
Fluorite
Selenite gypsum
Talc
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which mineral has a nonmetallic luster, cleavage, hardness of 6, and the colors white?
Olivine
Amphibole
Potassium Feldspar
A mineral
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which mineral has a hardness of 6.5, metallic luster, brakes fractured, and has the chemical iron in it?
Magnetite
Galena
Pyrite
Graphite
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which mineral is commonly mined as a source of lead?
Galena
Magnetite
Quartz
Gypsum
- 22. Multiple ChoiceHow a mineral reflects light from its surfacecrystallusterstreakrefraction
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which mineral is used as table salt?
Sulfur
Calcite
Halite
Talc
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