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Quiz Questions - Minerals I

Some of the best mineral specimens are found in fractures of the earths crust known as

Pyrites
Hydro Spas
Hydro Thermal Veins
Lodes

In which type of rock will temperature & pressure rearrange chemicals to create new minerals ?

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

Garnet, Kyanite & Mica all develop in which type of rock ?

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

Olivene, Pyroxene, Feldspar & Quartz are common minerals found in which type of rock ?

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

Which of these three minerals are solid inorganic elements or elemental compounds

Rock Salt Gypsum Dolomite
Garnet Mica Kyanite
Water Mercury Opal
Coal Jet Peat

Minerals are grouped into how many base groups according to chemical composition & crystal structure

8
2
16
4

Minerals develop in which type of rock when magma solidifies ?

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

Free combined native elements or elemental compounds are known as

Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Minerals

Rock Salt, Rock Gypsum, Ironstone, Coal & Peat develop from which type of rock

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

Minerals will crystalise from low temperature solutions often near the earths surface in which rock

None of these
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

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