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Mineral Quiz Review
Quia Quiz: 10pts (Tuesday 9/17)
Quia Quiz: Multiple Choice/Matching
I. What is a Mineral? (Pages 4-7)
1. What 4 characteristics do all minerals share?
2. Compare and contrast silicate and nonsilicate minerals. Give a mineral example
of each.
II. Mineral Identification (Pages 8-11)
1. Is color a reliable characteristic to use when identifying minerals? List at least 2
reason to support your answer.
2. Define streak. Is streak more reliable than color? Explain.
3. Define luster. What type of luster (metallic/nonmetallic) does the mineral pyrite
possess? Calcite?
4. Compare and contrast cleavage and fracture.
5. In how many directions do the following minerals cleave: mica, calcite, feldspar.
6. Describe the appearance of a conchoidal fracture.
7. Define hardness. List the 10 minerals on Mohs hardness scale (in order from 110).
8. Using Mohs scale, if a mineral is scratched by Feldspar, but is not scratched by
Apatite, what is the mineral’s hardness rating? (1-10)
9. What special properties do the following minerals possess: calcite, fluorite,
magnetitie, and halite.
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