Minerals & Mineral Properties
The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light.
What is a minerals luster?
The resistance of a mineral to be scratched.
What is a minerals hardness?
Salts & ceramics.
What are common uses of halite?
Glass & ceramics.
What are common uses of quartz?
Not liquid or gas, with a crystal form.
What is a solid?
A mineral that breaks with a smooth, flat surface caused by weak bonds between atoms.
What is cleavage?
Forms from evaporated seawater.
What is halite?
Plumbing and wiring.
What are uses of copper?
Abundant in earths crust, it is used in cans and many products in the food industry.
What is aluminum?
Found in nature, not man-made.
What is naturally occuring?
A mineral that breaks with uneven surfaces due to strong bonds between the atoms.
What is fracture?
The 2 families of rock-forming minerals
What is Silicates & Nonsilicates?
Concrete & drywall.
What are common uses of gypsum?
The hardest mineral used as a gemstone and an abrasive.
What is diamond?
Not made of living things.
What is inorganic?
The color of the powder of a mineral when it is scratched.
What is streak?
Forms from hot solutions deep inside the earth.
How is gold formed?
A desired substance that can be mined for profit.
What is an ore?
Gold, silver, copper, aluminum.
What are minerals with a metallic luster.
Always has the same number of components. Can be written as a chemical formula.
What is a definite chemical composition?
A naturally occuring, inorganic solid with a definate chemical composition and a crystalline structure.
What is a mineral?
Cool solutions, hot solutions, and magma.
How do minerals form?
Build buildings, bridges, automobiles, trains, nails, screws, and fixtures.
What are common uses of iron?
The internal arrangement or angles between atoms in a mineral.
What determines a minerals shape?
The internal arrangement of atoms or angle of the atoms, that determines the shape of the crystal.
What is crystalline structure?