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Test Description: Mineral Properties

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

Astreak Bmass Cluster Dhardness

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

Astreak Bcleavage Chardness Dluster

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

Atalc Bfluorite Cdiamond Dquartz

4) Scratching a mineral against a glass plate is a method used for determining the mineral's

Aluster Bcleavage Ccolor Dhardness

5) Which of the following is NOT a property of a mineral

ACrystalline structure BInorganic CLiquid Ddefinite chemical composition

6) Which mineral property is illustrated by the peeling of muscovite mica into thin, flat sheets?

Ahardness Bcleavage Cluster Dstreak

7) Moh's scale would be most useful for

Afinding the mass of a mineral sample Bfinding the hardness of a mineral sample Cfinding the density of a mineral sample Dfinding the cleavage of a mineral sample

8) A mineral's streak

Ais less reliable than its color Bis not used to test a mineral Cis more reliable than its color Dis always the same as its color

9) Which of the following terms is not used to describe a mineral's luster?

Apearly Bdull Cwaxy Dhexagonal

10) Which of the following is considered a special property that applies to only a few minerals?

Amagnatism Bluster Cstreak Dcleavage

11) Which of the following physical properties can be expressed in numbers?

Aluster Bcolor Chardness Dstreak

12) Which of the following is the hardest mineral on the Moh's hardness scale?

Adiamond Bgypsum Ctalc Dquartz

13) Which of the following correctly defines a mineral

Aan organic material only in rocks Ba naturally formed inorganic solid with a crystalline structure Ccrystals that are found growing in caves Da man made product mined for its properties and value

14) What does it mean for a mineral to have a crystalline structure?

AIt has a mixture of molecules BIt has a repeating pattern of molecules CIt has breakable molecules DIt has only one molecule

15) Which of the following is one way minerals are formed?

Avolcanic explosions Bcrystallization of magma Ccooling rock Dmelting rock

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