Characteristics of a mineral
Properties of Minerals
How minerals form.
Uses of Minerals
Hodge Podge
100
not now or ever living
What is inorganic?
100
The most easily observed property but probably the most useless.
What is color?
100
When minerals form inside the crust or coming out quickly to the surface, they form from this.
What is Magma and lava?
100
Someone who looks for minerals is called this.
What is a prospector?
100
A rock that has metal or other useful minerals is called this.
What is ore?
200
having a definite volume and shape.
What is a solid?
200
What does the streak test reveal?
What is the color of the mineral's powder?
200
A mineral grows large because of this.
What is a long time to grow?
200
The three types of mining are called this.
What is strip, open-pit, and shaft mining?
200
The process that involves mixing an ore with other substances and then melted to separate the useful metal from the other elements the ore contains.
What is smelting?
300
A mineral is naturally occurring because of this.
What is formed by processes that occur in the natural world?
300
The name of the scale used to test the hardness of a mineral.
What is Moh's hardness scale?
300
One of the ways minerals form from solutions.
What is by evaporation or by hot water solutions?
300
Metals are useful because they can be ...
What is stretched into wire, flattened into sheets, and hammered or molded without breaking?
300
Almost all minerals are these.
What is compounds?
400
These have faces that meet at sharp angles and corners.
What is a crystal?
400
A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has this property.
What is cleavage?
400
Pure metals that crystallize from hot water underground often form these.
What is veins?
400
Florite is a mineral found in what product?
What is toothpaste?
400
Cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal, monoclinic, triclinic, are all terms used to describe this property.
What is crystal systems?
500
One atom of silica to two atoms of oxygen.
What is quartz?
500
The word you would use to describe the luster of silver.
What is metallic?
500
This mineral was left behind in Ohio when ancient seas evaporated.
What is halite?
500
Name a commonly used alloy valued because it doesn't rust easily.
What is stainless steel?
500
Name 3 properties of a typical gem using and identifying proper terms.
What is hard (hardness), glassy (luster), and colorful (color)?
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