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  • What is the property called when it hasn't got the shiny appearance of metal?
    Non-metallic
  • What are the three types of transparency?
    transparent, translucent, and opaque
  • What are quartz, gold, fluorite, and wolframite examples of?
    minerals
  • What type of rock is sandstone?
    sedimentary
  • True or False: A mineral is an organic substance
    False, it is inorganic
  • _____ is the appearance of its surface when light is reflected on it
    Lustre
  • What does each mineral have that is distinctive?
    Colour
  • What type of rock is granite?
    igneous
  • What is the property that depends on if the mineral permits more or less light to pass through?
    Transparency
  • What is the property called when it has got the shiny appearance of metal?
    Metallic
  • What does each mineral have that can be determined by visual inspection or a simple test?
    specific properties
  • How are igneous rocks created?
    They are created when molten magma cools and becomes solid.
  • What type of rock is anthracite?
    metamorphic
  • True or false: metamorphic rocks are highly resistant to erosion
    True
  • What is the scale used to determine a mineral's hardness?
    Mohs scale
  • What is the property of a mineral that refers to the resistance of a mineral's surface to scratching?
    Hardness
  • Where do sedimentary rocks originate from?
    They originate from different rock fragments that accumulate.
  • Where does the solidification of igneous rocks occur?
    At the surface or inside the crust
  • What type of rock is conglomerate?
    sedimentary
  • What type of rock is slate?
    metamorphic
  • What type of rock is marble?
    metamorphic
  • What type of rock is obsidian?
    igneous
  • What is the color of the mineral when it is crushed into powder?
    Streak
  • What are the 3 classifications of rocks?
    Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
  • How are metamorphic rocks formed?
    They are formed from other rocks that change properties from high temperatures and pressures
  • How are rocks classified?
    According to the processes that generate them
  • True or False: A mineral has got a crystalline structure
    True
  • What type of rock is basalt?
    igneous
  • What type of rock is limestone?
    sedimentary
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