This characteristic means that minerals are formed by natural geologic processes
What is Naturally occurring?
100
This process forms a mineral from molten rock, after it cools.
What is crystallization from magma?
100
These mineral groups are formed by the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
What are silicates?
100
Rubbing a mineral across a white, unglazed tile produces this.
What is streak?
100
This property shows how light is reflected from the surface to the mineral and has two forms.
What is luster?
200
This characteristic is not in liquid or gaseous form and is affected by normal temperature for the Earth's surface.
What is solid form?
200
This process forms minerals from rivers, ponds, lakes and oceans after water evaporates.
What is precipitation?
200
This mineral group is the second most common one. They contain CARBON, OXYGEN & ONE OTHER METALLIC element.
What are carbonates?
200
When a mineral breaks along a flat surface it shows this property.
What is cleavage?
200
The two types of luster.
What is metallic and non-metallic?
300
This characteristic means that a mineral's atoms are arranged in an orderly or repetitive manner.
What is natural Crystalline Structure?
300
This process affects minerals such as talc and muscovite when their atoms are rearranged due to changes in ______ &________
What are pressure and temperature?
300
This mineral group contains OXYGEN and one more element usually METALS.
What are oxides?
300
This scale is based upon the relative hardness of common minerals and objects.
What is the Moh's Scale?
300
This property depends on the amount of space in which the mineral was formed.
What is crystal form?
400
This characteristic means that a mineral is made up of two or more elements
What is a definite chemical composition?
400
A _______________ is a hot mixture of water and dissolved substances that form new minerals when they come in contact with existing ones.
What is a hydrothermal solution?
400
These mineral groups contain sulfur.
What are sulfates and sulfides
400
Mineral properties are determined by the arrangement of these.
What are atoms?
400
This property occurs when a mineral breaks unevenly.
What is fracture?
500
This characteristic means that minerals not considered to be alive.
What is inorganic?
500
Hydrothermal solutions have temperatures between ______ & __________
What is 100 degrees Celsius and 300 degrees Celsius?
500
This mineral group contains a halogen ion plus one more other element.
This mineral group exists in pure form. Some examples are gold, silver and copper.
What are halides?
What are native elements?
500
This is the most unreliable mineral property.
What is color?
500
This property applies to all matter and can be expressed using D= m
_____
V