Mineral Review and some chemistry too!

A. crystalsB. mineralsC. Legos ®D. fossils

What are the building blocks of rocks?

A. moleculesB. atomsC. compoundsD. substances

What are the basic building blocks of matter?

A. Hardness B. Luster C. Crystal shape D. Streak E. Boiling Point F. Fracture and cleavage G. Density

Which of the following is not a property used to identify minerals?

A mineral cannot be composed of materials that were once living.

True or False

For an item to be considered a mineral it must be solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, have a definite chemical composition and ____________.

A. A. be harder than a pennyB. B. have a particles that line up in a

patternC. C. be composed only of carbonD. D. come in only one color

Fill in the blank

What mineral below is the hardest?

A. Talc B. Fluorite C. Quartz D. Topaz

Mohs Hardness Scale

What item below would not be able to scratch Fluorite?

A. Glass B. Fingernail C. Steel nail D. Diamond ring

Mohs Hardness Scale

A. PhysicalB. Chemical

Is the hardness of a mineral a physical or chemical property?

A. Hematite B. Quartz C. Calcite D. Flourite

The mineral pictured below is

A mineral’s ________ describes how it reflects light.

A. Crystal Structure

B. LusterC. Chemical

CompositionD. Color

A. RedB. RoughC. ShinyD. Soft

What term below would work for describing a mineral’s luster?

Which statement is true about the color of minerals?

A. Color is the most useful property for identifying minerals because each type of mineral comes in only one color.

B. Color is not the best property to help identify minerals because one type of mineral can come in many different colors.

Azurite – blue

Which picture best illustrates crystal shape?

A

B

A C

D

The pictures below illustrate which property of a mineral?

A. LusterB. FractureC. DensityD. Streak

Quartz or Calcite?

gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm

Quartz and calcite can be hard to tell apart, because they look so similar. Which picture do you think is Quartz?

BA

Quartz or Calcite?

gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/calcite.htm

You can tell quartz and calcite apart by doing an acid test. Calcite will fizz when acid touches it, quartz will not. What kind of property is calcite’s reaction to acid?

A. Physical property

B. Chemical property

Which picture below illustrates cleavage?

BA C

Which example below is an example of a chemical change?

A. A mineral dissolves in water, when the water evaporates, the mineral reappears.

B. A mineral changes color when combined with an unknown liquid.

C. A mineral is broken into two pieces. D. A mineral is cut and polished to be

used in a piece of jewelry.

Which picture below illustrates fracture?

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/mineral/calcite/6calcite-cleavage2.jpg

http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/RockMin/Pyrox-70.JPG

https://www.nvcc.edu/alexandria/science/geology/Muscovite.jpg

B

A C

D

A. Color B. Luster C. Density D. Streak

Which property of a mineral describes how much mass a mineral has in a given amount of space (volume)?