Property
What is color? Que es color?
The external color of the mineral AND the color of the powder when you scratch it
Gold / dorado
Metallic / metalico
High hardness / dureza alta
Cubic structure / cristales cubicos
Pyrite
el color
the color
What is the hydrosphere? Que es la hidrosfera?
All of the water on the Earth's surface (oceans, polar water, rivers, lakes, underground water)
El conjunto de todo el agua de la tierra (los oceanos, los hielos de los polos, los rios, los lagos, y el agua subterranea)
What is hardness?
Que es la dureza?
the resistance of a mineral when you scratch it
Made of three minerals: quartz, orthoclase and biotite
Hecho de tres minerales
Granite
cristales
crystals
What is the biosphere? Que es la biosfera?
all living things on Earth including humans
conjunto de todos los seres vivos que habitan la Tierra incluyendo los humanos
What is fracture?
Que es la fractura?
the shape the mineral forms when it breaks
White / blanco
Non metallic
Low hardness / dureza baja
Oolitic structure
Limestone
la Tierra
the Earth
The layer of gases that surround the planet including oxygen and carbon dioxide.
La capa de aire que rodes el planeta incluyendo el oxigeno y dioxido de carbono.
What is crystal habit? Que es la forma de los cristales?
the mineral's most common shape
Green / verde
Glassy / vidriosa
Medium hardness / dureza media
Octagonal structure / structura octagono
Fluorite
Química
Chemistry
What is the geosphere and what does it contain? Que es la geosfera y que contiene?
The giant sphere of rocks and metals on which other rocks and minerals rest. The geosphere contains the Earth's crust, the mantle, and the Earth's core.
La gigantesca esfera de rocas y metales sobre la que see asientan los otros elements. La geosfere contiene la corteza, el manto, y el nucleo.
What is luster? Que es el brillo?
the way light reflects off of a mineral's surface