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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?

Adiamond Bcalcite Cquartz Dgypsum

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"?

Ahematite Bgalena Cpyrite Dlimonite

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

Acalcite Biron Climestone Dsandstone

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

Ahigh specific gravity Bductility Cextreme hardness Dcarbon as the primary element

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

Astreak Bhardness Cmass Dluster

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

Ahardness Bcleavage Cstreak Dluster

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

Acrystal arrangement Bhardness Cspecific gravity or density Dbrittleness

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

Adiamond Btalc Cquartz Dfluorite

10) What is an ore?

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

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