Properties of minerals
The color of a minerals powder is called this
What is streak?
A mineral must be in a ______ form at normal conditions
Solid
The hardest mineral know to man
What is a diamond
What would you use a balance and a graduated cylinder to find
Density
What is a crystal?
a solid in which the atoms form a repeating pattern
A minerals resistance to being scratched is called...
What is hardness?
This characteristic means that a mineral does not come from a living thing (no DNA).
Inorganic
The softest mineral
What is Talc
A streak plate is to find out the color of a mineral in........
Its powder form
The shape of a mineral comes from.....
its internal arrangement of atoms
Mass divided by volume
What is Density?
A mineral must be ______ ______, meaning it is not manmade.
Naturally occurring
If a mineral scratches glass we know that the mineral is at least what on Mohs hardness scale?
At least a 5.5
Hardness
We find larger crystals in rocks and minerals that form
Slowly
Describes how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface
What is luster?
A mineral has a definite _______ ________.
Chemical composition
2.5
When determining which minerals will scratch other minerals, you would need to refer to the:
Mohs hardness scale
This family of minerals all contains silicon and oxygen in their chemical composition
What are silicates
A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has this property.
What is cleavage?
When the atoms in a mineral form orderly repeating patterns it is said to have a ___________ structure.
Crystalline
What is the hardness of quartz?
7
One of the unique properties that will help you identify sulfur is.....
Its odor
a mineral forms from ___________. The process of when the atoms of dissolved solids in a liquid come back together in repeating patterns.
Crystallizations