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    Earth Science | Graded Assignment | Laboratory: Rocks and Minerals

    Name: Ayana Dees Date: 10/6/24

    Graded Assignment
    Laboratory: Rocks and Minerals
    Answer the questions below. When you are finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for
    full credit.
    (5 points)

    1. Complete the following Data Table as you conduct the lab. Score
    Answer:

    Data Table: Mineral Identification


    Mineral Number Color Luster Streak Hardness

    1 Lead grey metallic lead gray Softer than glass


    2 white silky white Softer than glass
    3 Pink and white glassy white Harder than
    glass
    4 white glassy colorless Harder than
    glass

    (4 points)

    2. What are the identities of each unknown mineral? Score


    Answer:

    Mineral Number Identity

    1 galena
    2 gypsum
    3 feldspar
    4 quartz

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    Earth Science | Graded Assignment | Laboratory: Rocks and Minerals

    (3 points)

    3. Why was it important to examine both the color and the streak of your minerals? Score
    Answer: It is important because the color of minerals can differ, but the streak is always the
    same.

    (3 points)

    4. Is luster a good characteristic to use for the identification of minerals? Why or why not? Score
    Answer: Yes, because it helps to determine if a mineral has a metallic or non-metallic
    apparence.

    (3 points)

    5. You have been given a sample of quartz, which has a hardness of 7. How can you use Score
    this mineral to determine the hardness of other minerals?
    Answer: It helps to determine if other minerals are harder or softer than the quartz.

    (3 points)

    6. Which property or properties did you find most useful in the identification of the mineral Score
    samples? Which properties were less useful? Be specific in your explanation.
    Answer: The properties I found most useful in the identification of the mineral samples were
    color, hardness, and streak. These properties help more with identifying what I was looking at.
    Luster was less usual because you really couldn’t tell much difference in some of the samples.

    Your Score ___ of 21

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