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MINERALOGY & PETROGRAPHY QAB 1034
TEST 1
4'n JULY 2011

5.30 -6.30 Pm

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

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1.

The study of rocks

a)

!!9-.1

tlqpsclRe

is known as:

Petrology

b).-$icroscoPY

1f

d)

vetroeraqhY
MineralogY

Z. lflightenlqlla-ry1_g1its1[esurfaceofasubstancebutinadisturbedanddistortedfashion,the
substance will be:

a) Transparent
lffi,untluscent

c) Opaque
d) Waxy

3. A mineralwhich

has a1-1lcY"lgl habit has:

a) {-surface covered with a layer of small "sugary" crystals

{slenaer need e-li ke crysta ls
I

c) Elongated crystals flattened like a knife

d) Divergent crystals

(4.)
\-'

A knife which has a hardness of 5.1 will be able to scratch:

Fluorite
fi//
b) ToPaz

c) Quartz
d) Orthoclase

5.

DglqUJe has a chemicalformula:

a)

CaCO:

ffi^*r(co,),
c) FeCOr
d) CaF6(COg)z
i

6.

During the evaporation of sea water in an enclosed basin, the_fiqL minelaL!_q crystallize is:

a)

Sylvite

b)

Anhydrite

'/ffd)

Aralonite

7.

Halite

A crystal which has axes a=b*c and a-B-y-9Oo has a system which is:

a) Cubic
gfi{ retragonal
' ,\ Orthorhombic
d) Monoclinic

B,

The Miller lndex for the shaded face of a cubic crystal as shown below is:

.ol
UJ'

i^r''
.t

{,,0
ol oo1
"/ c)
100
d) 111-

N llt
D

t0

9.

llassiter-ite is a mineralthat contains:

u\ -9<

fsn
c)Cuu
d)

1ot\e,."

Zi.

Fe

L0. A depression caused by the collapse of a volcano into the cavity once occupied by magma ia a:

a)

-Crater

c^tauru

c) Geyser
d) Shield volcano

11. A volcanic rock that is-{a.rk

col*o_ured glass

with conchoidal fracture

is:

g#'oatiai^n

b) Pumice
c) Tuff
d) Welded tuff
,.-

t g .,t1;,

f 2. Slow cboliffi of a magma at depth in the Earth gives rise to rocks with

.i nn aphanitic texture
p.^ phaneritic texture .,'
c) A porphyritic txture
d) A glassy texture

has low COzor H2O is classified as having a[vet conditior{will have:

t:3)
' nmineralthat
a),/g melting temperature which increases with increasing pressure{
*a'n'l lLi 'r l::i r i L ! t '' i{i
)a ( y s
n(^melting temperature which first decreases wifh increasing pressure
c) a melting temperature which first increases with increasing pressure and then decreases r) i .: ,

\_,.,

with increasing pressure

d)

a melting temperature which first increases

consta

nt

!g'n

i.l

,!

i..fli
I
t
,i
't

r"

with increasing piessure and then remains

14. llucxplosive eruptions of magma are favoured by magmas with:

a) Low gas content and high viscosity
b) High gas content and high viscosity

c) High gas content and low viscosity

ffto* gas content anOffiElnviscosity
Irt*;
15. At depth in the Earth, nearly all magmas contain ........g9..{.r/-.t

i"i ;';
........hr.t.

1|.:'

^':i,inn::

:T":

11

;";,.i

o'

;;

Gas gives magma

{;; Ji:": ::

; iJ : i

their

l,

n,

"

r.li..?..r,{magmas

(Choose from the following words:ftron, gas, fossildexplosive, non-explosivqr)$table, contracts,

expa nds) lowe r, hi ghe r,

tl

q"

O . 4 vi \rs! r], "lcr .p 4

si m,i I a rSra n

itic, tuffaceo us, basa ltic)

p" r:,.':'it.

* * "x:,;"Jff

rse.mer.rie-minerar is:

b. beryl
a. amber
d. wulfenite

17. Fool's gold is actually a sulphide called:

a.

;Phalerite

;ffc.

d.

PYrite

chalcopyrite
a

rse

nopyrite

18. When a bjl-qaltic magma is cooled, the first minerals to crystallise out are:

a. jyroxene

' @t!
c.
d.

and Ca-rich plagioclase

olivine and Ca-rich plagioclase
olivine and Na-rich plagioclase
pyroxene and Na-rich plagioclase

19. Halides are minerals which have:

a)
--ff

PulPhides and sulPhosalts

Cl, Br, F and

las anions

c) CO3'- radicals
d) simPle and multiPle

20. Bauxite is a mixture of 3 Al-hydroxides namely:

DiasPore, gibbsite and boehmite
-ffi Diaspore, gibbsite and sphalerite
b)
c) Gibbsite, sphalerite and diaspore
d) Boehmite, gibbsite and arsenopyrite