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Grade 9 Minerals
Major groups of minerals include
  1. oxides and carbonates.
  2. ions and isotopes
  3. silicates and magnetics.
  4. inorganics and halides.
Grade 9 Minerals
Why is the Painted Desert vary in color?
  1. temperature heating and cooling
  2. how much dye is in each rock
  3. it does not have varied colors
  4. because of mineral content
Grade 9 Minerals
When carbonate minerals come into contact with hydrochloric acid, they
  1. break.
  2. fizz.
  3. freeze.
  4. evaporate.
Grade 9 Minerals
To what class of minerals do gold, silver, and copper belong?
  1. carbonates
  2. native elements
  3. halides
  4. sulfates and sulfides
Grade 9 Minerals
Quartz belongs to which of the following classes of minerals?
  1. halide
  2. sulfide
  3. carbonate
  4. silicate
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is not an example of a native element?
  1. gold
  2. diamond
  3. calcite
  4. arsenic
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is an example of a halide mineral?
  1. native sulfur
  2. rock salt
  3. iron pyrite
  4. calcite
Grade 9 Minerals
Gem minerals are classified as
  1. only native elements.
  2. both silicates and oxides.
  3. both native elements and carbonates.
  4. any of the major mineral groups.
Grade 9 Minerals
To which mineral group does olivine (Fe2SiO4) belong?
  1. Oxides
  2. Halides
  3. Sulfides
  4. Silicates
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is an example of a sulfide mineral?
  1. native sulfur
  2. rock salt
  3. iron pyrite
  4. calcite
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following minerals would smell like rotten eggs when acid is placed on it?
  1. Gypsum (CaSO4)
  2. Graphite (C)
  3. Halite (NaCl)
  4. Hematite (Fe2O3)
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following minerals is native mercury?
  1. iron pyrite
  2. calcite
  3. rock salt
  4. quicksilver
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