Characteristics of a Mneral
Properties 1
Properties 2
Mineral or Nonmineral
Terms
100
A mineral can not be made from this type of material?
Organic
100
This property is not useful to the idenification of a mineral, because most minerals come in many of them
color(s)
100
When a mineral splits evenly, it is said to have
cleavage
100
This mineral is used to make talcum powder.
talc
100
When an element disolves in hot water, it froms a mixture called a
solution
200
A mineral occurs only in this state of matter.
solid
200
This is the scale on which minerals are rated from 1 to 10 for hardness.
Moh's hardness scale
200
How a mineral breaks apart when it does not split evenly
fracture
200
This mineral is formed from water and salt by the evaporation
halcite
200
a material with a single type of atom
element
300
A mineral must not be man made, but be...
occur naturally
300
What is the softest mineral and hardest mineral on the hardness scale?
talc and diamond.
300
The term earthy, pearly, waxy, metallic and are used to describe this property
luster
300
Coal is not a mineral because
it comes from the remains of plants and animals.
300
Most minerals are a substance with more than one type of atom called
compunds
400
For a mineral, it's ________ _________ must be definite or the mineral contains certain elements in the same proportion.
chemical composition
400
The color of a mineral's powder?
streak
400
What will a mineral with a hardness of 7 do to a mineral with a hardness of 6?
scratch it.
400
This mineral, found in sand, is used to make glass and electronic equipment.
quartz
400
A rare, color mineral with brilliant luster is a
gemstone
500
A mineral must have particles in a repeating pattern or a ______ _____.
crystal structure
500
Name 6 of the 8 properties of a mineral
hardness, color, streak, luster, crystal structure, cleavage/fracture, density,
500
the process by which atoms are arranged to form a mineral with a crystal structure.
crystallization
500
Why are cement, brick, steel and glass not classified as minerals?
they are not naturally occuring
500
Minerals that are useful because they can be stretched, hammered and molded without breaking
metal
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