Vocabulary
the ability of harder minerals to scratch softer minerals that is used for identification
What is hardness?
This is the easiest test to perform on minerals but not the most accurate in identifying minerals
What is color?
The formula used to find density
What is mass divided by volume?
Most of the Periodic Table of Elements are made of these?
What are metals?
These are what we call elements with no luster
What is dull?
Matter that does not contain carbon
What is inorganic?
Test in which you rub a mineral on an unglazed piece of porcelain to see the powder color left behind.
What is streak test?
The tool we use to find the mass, volume, or density.
What is the density triangle?
These elements are brittle, dull, and insulators.
What are nonmetals?
These are what we call elements with no malleability?
What is brittle?
The ability of light to reflect off a substance
What is luster?
Property of a mineral when it is scratched with a nail.
What is hardness?
The units for density of a solid
What is grams per cubic centimeter?
The Periodic Table is separated into this many groups.
What is 3?
This is the volume of a cube with length of 3, width of 4, and height of 6?
What is 72?
The color of a mineral in powdered form
What is streak?
The COMPLETE name of the guide we use to determine the hardness of a mineral.
What is the Moh's Hardness Scale?
The units of density when using a liquid
What is grams per milliliter?
These are the smallest group on the Periodic Table.
What are metalloids?
This is the process we use to find the volume of an irregular shaped object? (marbles, rocks)
What is displacement?
A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a specific chemical formula
What is a mineral?
Feldspar and quartz are mixed together in nature in this form
What are rocks?
This is when we compare the densities of items to the density of water
What is relative density?
These are what we say how well metalloids conduct heat or electricity?
What are semiconductors?
This is what happens when a can of Coke and Diet Coke are placed in water?
What is the Coke will sink and Diet Coke will float?