Properties of Minerals
What do you see on the surface?
Color
What is a mineral?
A natural, solid matter
What do common rock forming minerals make up?
They make up most of Earth's rocks.
What is constantly changing from one type to another?
ROCKS!
What is a streak test
Done by rubbing the mineral on a white tile
What is breakage?
How it splits [Cleavage/Fracture]
How is it formed?
In nature and man-made.
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
Formed when rocks are changed by heat and pressure.
What do Igneous,sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks ARE ALL
THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED
two elements that are found in most minerals called silicates
What is hardness?
How easily it can be scratched/ how hard a mineral is
Has a definite_ _?
Chemical composition
What is formed from cooled, magma or lava?
Igneous Rock
What never stops?
the rock cycle
What is the Mohs scale
Used to test a minerals hardness
What is the color of the powder?
A streak!
What type of structure
crystal
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
Formed from layers of sediments pressed together
What is Luster?
How it reflects light./how shiny or dull a mineral is
What is calcite
A mineral that fiizzes when acid is dropped on it
What are common rock forming minerals?
Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Calcite.
What drives the rock cycle?
Heat pressure, weathering, erosion, and melting
What doe halite (salt) minerals do?
They break to cube-shaped pieces