Lab 2 Worksheet Minerals and Rocks fall 2023- jt
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Lab 2 Worksheet Minerals and Rocks (50 points, 50 possible answers)
Name Jackson Thoele (-2 points if missing) Date 10/5/23
The Powerpoints are your lab book.
Use them, and the Mineral and Rock Identification attachments, to answer all questions in each part. Please explain everything in your own phrases and sentences.
The worksheet is NOT the quiz! Use the powerpoint as you work to find your answers, or how to determine answers. This is the learning stage of the class. Humans learn by repetition, so by going over everything several times by hunting
down answers, you will gain more than you think you will!
Part 1 Minerals
(
Use mineral box, Mineral ppt, and Mineral Identification Guide
)
Description of your personal sample
: Include color, luster, hardness, cleavage or fracture, and special or distinguishing characteristic if any. Use the mineral and rock identification handouts in the content area. Non-observable info will take points off. Mineral
Number
Luster Color
Hardness Streak
Cleavage
or
Fracture
Other Mineral
Name
1
Vitreo
us
Yellow
Green
Purple
4
White
4
directions
Translu
cent
Flourite
`2
Vittreo
us
White
Red
Green
Pink
6
white
1
Direction
New
Feldspar
Potassium
3
Metalli
c/
Dull/
Earthy
Gray
Black
Brown
5.5 to 6.5
Red
brown
Fracture
Streaky
Hematite
4
Metalli
c
Pale
Brass
Yellow
6 to 6.5
Brown
Fracture
Gold
Pyrite
5
Vitreo
us
Colorl
ess
7
None
Conchoid
al
Fracture
Hard
Quartz
6
Vitreo
us
White
Yellow
3
White
Rhomboh
edral
Reacts
with
Acid
Calcite
7
Vitreo
us -
Colorl
ess
2 to 2.5
Colorles
s
1
Direction
Flaky
Mica:
Muscovite
Subm
etallic
Yellow
Brown
8
Metalli
c
Black
6
Black
Fracture
Magneti
c
Magnetic
9
Dull
White
Gray
Yellow
2
White
Good 1
Direction
Chalky
Gypsum :
Alabaster
10
Silky
White
Grey
Green
1
White
1 direction
Waxy
Talc
11
Vitreo
us
White
Pink
2.5
White
Cubic
Salty
Halite
12
Vitreo
us -
Sub
metalli
c
Black
2.5 to 3
Colorles
s
1
Direction
Flat
Mica :
Biotite
13
Metali
c
Black
Grey
1 to 2
Black
1
Direction
Greasy
Graphite
14
Silky/
Pearly
White
Gray
2
White
Good 1
Direction
Fibrous
Gypsum:
SatinSpar
15
Vitreo
us
Colorl
ess
2
White
Good 1
direction –
Poor 2
direction
Crystali
ne
Gypsum :
Selenite
1.
Between hematite and magnetite, which one has a red/brown streak?
a.
Hematite
2.
Which of following images is potassium feldspar and which is plagioclase feldspar? Explain how you can tell.
a.
answer: Potassium Feldspar
b.
answer: Plagioclase Feldspar
c.
Explain: Potassium Feldspar Lacks Vertical Striations
3.
Which of your samples in the box left dark smudges on your fingers?
a.
Graphite
4.
Compare the physical properties of quartz and calcite. What is similar and what is different?
a.
Similar: Same color and both Crystaline
b.
Different: Calcite has rhombic cleavage but quartz fractures for rough edges
Part 2 Igneous Rocks (Use rock box and Rock Identification Guide)
Rock
Number
Texture
Composition Other
Observations
Rock Name
1
Glassy
Felsic, Indermediate, Mafic
Black
Obsidian
2
Phaneritic
Felsic
Hard
Granite
3
Aphaneritic
Mafic
Smooth
Basalt
4
Vesicular
Felsic, Intermediate, Mafic
Light, Not dense
Pumice
5
Apheanitic
Felsic
Powdery
Rhyolite
1.
What is the difference between granite and rhyolite?
a.
Rhylite crystals cant be seen by the naked eye
2. What rock is likely to have potassium feldspar, quartz, and muscovite, and have crystals large enough to see with the naked eye?
b.
Granite
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