Mineral Properties Quiz

The special property that occurs under ultraviolet light

• density

• magnetism

• fluorescence

• radioactivity

A break that occurs along a smooth and flat surface

• fracture

• cleavage

• atom

• optical property

The color of a mineral in powder form that can be found by rubbing it on a piece of porcelain

• streak

• hardness

• density

• impurities

The hardest mineral on the Mohs scale of hardness

• gypsum

• talc

• corundum

• diamond

The softest mineral on the Mohs scale of hardness

• diamond

• talc

• topaz

• mica

This mineral easily breaks into thin sheets

• mica

• feldspar

• halite

• diamond

Break along uneven, curved, or irregular surfaces

• fracture

• cleavage

• magnetism

• streak

The way a mineral reflects light

• color

• streak

• density

• luster

What does SNIFC mean?

• Solution, Natural, Inorganic, Formula, Crystalline Structure

• Solid, Natural, Inorganic, Formula, Crystalline Structure

• Solid, Named, Inorganic, Formula, Crystalline Structure

• Solid, Natural, Important, Formula, Crystalline Structure

When a mineral breaks along an irregular or curved surface

• cleavage

• fracture

• compound