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Test Description: Mineral Identificaiton and Proprities

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which of the following minerals, when in the form of sand, can be used to manufacture glass?

Acalcite Bgypsum Cdiamond Dquartz

2) Which mineral is easily identified by smell?

Agalena Bquartz Csulfur Dpyrite

3) Which of the following minerals found in the northern Piedmont province is known as "fool's gold"?

Apyrite Bhematite Cgalena Dlimonite

4) Hydrochloric acid fizzes when it is dropped on what mineral?

Alimestone Biron Ccalcite Dsandstone

5) Which property is shared by many gemstones, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and topaz?

Aextreme hardness Bductility Ccarbon as the primary element Dhigh specific gravity

6) Which of these mineral properties cannot be used to identify a mineral?

Astreak Bmass Chardness Dluster

7) Which of the following properties refers to the colored powder resulting from rubbing a mineral against a harder surface?

Ahardness Bstreak Cluster Dcleavage

8) What mineral property would you be trying to determine if you had water, a balance and a mineral?

Ahardness Bbrittleness Ccrystal arrangement Dspecific gravity or density

9) Which of the following minerals is the softest on Moh's Hardness Scale?

Afluorite Btalc Cdiamond Dquartz

10) What is an ore?

AOre is another name for fold, silver, or other precious metals BAn ore is a rock containing gemstones CAn ore is a type of igneous rock with many large inclusions of different minerals DAn ore is a mineral or combination of minerals from which useful substances can be removed

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