Question 1

What is the hardest mineral on the hardness scale?

Accepted Answer

Diamond

Answer

Feldspar

Answer

Talc

Answer

Calcite

Question 2

Which physical property of minerals deals with how they reflect or deal with light?

Accepted Answer

Luster

Answer

Cleavage

Answer

Streak

Answer

Color

Question 3

What is the color of the streak left behind by hematite?

Accepted Answer

Dark red brownish

Answer

Silver

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Question 4

Which mineral exhibits one plane of cleavage, allowing it to peel off into thin sheets?

Accepted Answer

Mica

Answer

Galena

Answer

Quartz

Answer

Calcite

Question 5

What type of shape does calcite break into when smashed?

Accepted Answer

Rhombohedrals

Answer

Cubes

Answer

Pyramids

Answer

Prisms

Question 6

Which mineral would sizzle when exposed to hydrochloric acid?

Accepted Answer

Calcite

Answer

Fluorite

Answer

Corundum

Answer

Topaz

Question 7

What physical property helps identify a mineral by how it shatters when broken?

Accepted Answer

Fracture

Answer

Streak

Answer

Luster

Answer

Cleavage

Question 8

Which mineral is ranked number 5 on the hardness scale?

Accepted Answer

Apatite

Answer

Calcite

Answer

Quartz

Answer

Fluorite

Question 9

What physical property of minerals is often not the most helpful in identification?

Accepted Answer

Color

Answer

Hardness

Answer

Luster

Answer

Streak

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