Properties of Minerals
This property of a mineral can be tested by scraping it against an unpolished porcelain plate.
What is Streak?
This Natural Mineral has a Yellow Color, and Irregular Crystal Shape, and Hardness of 3.
What is Gold?
A common use for Halite?
What is food seasoning or preservation?
A resource is something that is both...
What is Useful and Valuable?
This is the process by which Minerals are formed.
What is Crystallization?
If a mineral is said to be "shiny", you are referring to this property.
What is Luster?
This Red mineral has a hardness of 7 and leaves no streak.
What is Garnet?
This carbon based mineral is used in penciles due to its low hardness.
What is Graphite?
This type of resource either does not replenish or has a finite amount, and includes minerals.
What is Non-Renewable?
The three types of Minerals.
What are Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary?
What is Smell?
This carbon based mineral has the highest value on the Moh's Hardness scale.
What is Diamond?
We collect gravel and sand for this purpose.
What is construction?
Surface Mining is one way we collect this Fossil Fuel.
What is Coal?
These Minerals are formed when Magma or Lava cools.
What are Igneous Minerals?
This property is quickly identifiable, but does not hold much use in scientific classification.
What is Color?
This glassy mineral has a Hardness of 3, a Specific Gravity of 2.7, and makes a white Streak.
What is Calcite?
We melt this mineral down to create glass.
What is Quartz?
This is a common side effect of Coal and Oil mining.
What is Heavy Metal runoff?
Metamorphic Minerals are formed in these conditions.
In order to test this property a mineral must be detroyed.
What is Break Pattern?
Feldspar has this crystal structure.
What is Rectangular/Irregular?
This mineral family, which contains Oxygen, is used in steel production.
What are Oxides?
This process is used to collect the Lithium used in batteries.
What is Evaporation?
Sedimentary Minerals can be produced through these three processes.
What are Deposition, Evaporation, and Precipitation?