Properties of Minerals
Minerals must have the following characteristic:
Particles that make it up line up in a repeating _______ which form a crystal
pattern
Hardest known mineral
Diamond
used to identify a few minerals that have their own
color
Rock material that forms where rocks are broken
down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water
Sedimentary Rock
Minerals must have the following characteristic:
Has a ______ chemical composition or range of compositions
definite
the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets
rock
color of a mineral’s powder
streak
forms when existing rock is changed by heat,
pressure or chemical reactions
Metamorphic Rock
Minerals must have the following characteristic:
A solid – with definite ______ and definite_______
shape/volume
Softest known mineral
Talc
how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface
luster
the look and feel of the rock’s surface
texture
Minerals must have the following characteristic:
Must be _______ by processes that occur in the _______ world
formed/natural
Rounded hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals
Geode
if a mineral breaks easily along flat surfaces
cleavage
Created when magma or lava cools and crystallizes
Igneous Rock
Minerals must have the following characteristic:
Must be ______, meaning that it cannot come from materials that were once part of a ______ thing
inorganic/living
Process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
Crystallization
when a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way
fracture
series of processes that change one type
of rock into another type of rock
rock cycle