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Pupil A

Pupil A. What is the name given to the colour of a mineral’s powder?. Pupil B. What is the correct term for the way in which a mineral reflects light?. Pupil C. What is the most common/abundant mineral found at the Earth’s surface?. Pupil D.

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Pupil A

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  1. Pupil A What is the name given to the colour of a mineral’s powder?

  2. Pupil B What is the correct term for the way in which a mineral reflects light?

  3. Pupil C What is the most common/abundant mineral found at the Earth’s surface?

  4. Pupil D What is the name of the scale on which the hardness of minerals is measured?

  5. Pupil E Which mineral effervesces and gives off CO2 when dilute hydrochloric acid is added?

  6. Pupil F What is the most common/abundant mineral found in the Earth‘s crust?

  7. Pupil G Which ore mineral is the main source of lead?

  8. Pupil H What is the name for the unwanted minerals in ores that end up on spoil heaps?

  9. Pupil I Which group of minerals make up 93% of the Earth’s crust by mass?

  10. Pupil J What property is displayed by quartz when the mineral is broken with a hammer?

  11. Pupil K What property is shown by halite that allows it to break into cubes when struck with a hammer?

  12. Pupil L Which mineral has a cherry red streak, metallic lustre and cannot be scratched by steel?

  13. Pupil M Which mineral you would expect to be found in both granite and gabbro?

  14. Pupil N Which mineral makes up the majority of limestones?

  15. Pupil O How many planes of cleavage does mica have?

  16. Pupil P Which mineral is red/brown in colour, cannot be scratched by steel and has crystals with 12 rhombus-shaped faces?

  17. Pupil Q Name a mineral you would expect to find in gabbro but not in granite

  18. Pupil R Name a mineral which you would expect to find in granite but not in gabbro

  19. Pupil S Which mineral is creamy white in colour, cannot be scratched by steel and has 2 cleavages that intersect at 90°?

  20. Pupil T If a mineral cannot be scratched by a copper coin, what does it tell you about its hardness?

  21. Pupil U If a mineral can be scratched by your fingernail, what does it tell you about its hardness?

  22. Pupil V If a mineral cannot be scratched by a steel nail, what does it tell you about its hardness?

  23. Pupil W Which mineral has a vitreous lustre cannot be scratched by steel and is olive green in colour?

  24. Pupil X Which mineral can be easily scratched by a copper coin, has 3 cleavages and is soluble in water?

  25. Pupil Y The most common/abundant mineral found in the Earth’s mantle

  26. Pupil Z Which group of elements are concentrated in the atmosphere and hydrosphere?

  27. Pupil AA What is the name of the classification system that divides elements into atmophile,lithophile,chalcophile and siderophile groups?

  28. Pupil BB Which group of elements are concentrated in the rocks of the Earth’s crust?

  29. Pupil CC Which group of elements is concentrated in ore minerals away from the Earth’s core ?

  30. Pupil DD Which group of elements are concentrated in the Earth’s core?

  31. Pupil EE Name the only silicate mineral that does not react with water (hydrolysis) at the Earth’s surface and break down to form clay

  32. Pupil FF Which physical property best distinguishes iron pyrite from chalcopyrite?

  33. Pupil GG Which mineral property best distinguishes orthoclase feldspar from plagioclase feldspar?

  34. Pupil HH Which mineral property best distinguishes augite from hornblende?

  35. Pupil II Which mineral property best distinguishes biotite mica from muscovite mica?

  36. Pupil JJ Which mineral property best distinguishes halite from gypsum?

  37. Pupil KK Which mineral property best distinguishes quartz from feldspar?

  38. Pupil LL Which mineral property best distinguishes galena from haematite?

  39. Pupil MM Which mineral property best distinguishes calcite from barytes?

  40. Pupil NN Which three minerals commonly act as cements in sedimentary rocks?

  41. Pupil OO Name three minerals that can be formed by a body of sea water evaporating away

  42. Pupil PP Name the mineral forming process by which garnet is formed?

  43. Pupil QQ Name the mineral forming process responsible for all the tin, copper, lead and zinc deposits found in Cornwall

  44. Pupil RR Which three chemical elements account for 83% of the Earth’s crust by mass?

  45. Pupil SS Name a silicate mineral that has a 3 dimensional framework structure with all oxygens on the tetrahedra being shared

  46. Pupil TT Name a silicate mineral with an atomic structure that has isolated SiO4 tetrahedra and are often known as ‘island silicates’

  47. Pupil UU Name a silicate mineral with an atomic structure that has single chains of SiO4 tetrahedra linked together by other ions

  48. Pupil VV Name a silicate mineral with an atomic structure that has double chains of SiO4tetrahedralinked together by other ions

  49. Pupil WW Name a silicate mineral with an atomic structure that has 2 dimensional sheets of SiO4 tetrahedra linked together by other ions

  50. Pupil XX With reference to minerals, distinguish between element and compound

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