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MineralsWhat am I? Our Lab Results 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points TermsRocks
Type of rock formed from magma
What is an Igneous Rock?
Type of rock formed from small particles settling to the bottom of water and cementing together
What is Sedimentary Rock?
A rock formed from pre-existing solid rocks by heat, pressure, or chemical changes
What is Metamorphic Rock?
Most common rock found on Earth
What is basalt?
Composed of different kinds of minerals.
What is a rock?
The scratch test determines this mineral property
What is hardness?
This can be a different color than the color of the mineral you actually see
What is Streak Color?
Of the following, the one that is the mineral: Granite Basalt Quartz Slate
What is Quartz?
This term describes the shiny reflection of light by a mineral
What is Luster?
A chemical element or compound found on earth
What is a mineral?
Scientists who study rocks and minerals to help us learn about the formation of the earth
What is a Geologist?
An iron nail, a penny, and a fingernail can be used to find this property of a mineral
What is Hardness?
Minerals such as magnetite and hematite which show magnetic properties
What are Magnetic Minerals?
Scale used by geologists to classify a given mineral’s hardness
What is the Mohs Scale?
Unglazed porcelain material that is used to determine the streak color of a mineral by rubbing a mineral over its surface
What is a Streak Plate?
Rounded-appearing mineral and rock particles that are cemented together Often in layers
What is Sedimentary rock?
With or without observable crystals Not in layers With or without air holes Could be glass-like
What is Igneous Rock?
Crystals/minerals lined up (aligned) Often in layers, sheet-like
What is Metamorphic rock?
Composed of the minerals: Quartz, Mica, and Feldspar
What is Granite?
These formations have a regular geometric shape and are often found inside a geode
What are Crystals?
Our sample of Quartz was shiny. It had this property.
What is Luster?
Color streak we observed from a white quartz?
What is white?
Of Gypsum and Quartz, this one is the hardest
What is Quartz?
Pyrite, (fool’s gold) gave us this color in the Streak Color test
What is gray or black?
Gold will give this color on the Streak Color test
What is yellow?
Make your wager
A mineral with this hardness rating on the Mohs scale will give a successful Streak Color Test
What is 7 or below?