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How are you made?
The stuff it's made of
Digging Deeper
A guy named Moh
Earth's Concoction
100
A hard, colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster is a(n)
What is gemstone
100
Minerals come from ____ materials.
What is inorganic
100
Rocks that contain a useful mineral that can be mined and sold at a profit are called
What is ores
100
Which minerals on the table will scratch apatite?
What is feldspar, quartz, topaz, corundum, and diamond
100
One way to identify a mineral is to rub it against a piece of unglazed tile to observe its ____
What is streak
200
A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness of _______ than 6.
What is less
200
Lava at Earth's surface or _____ below Earth's surface cools and hardens to form mineral crystals.
What is magma
200
The term used to describe how light is reflected from a mineral's surface is
What is luster
200
In order for a substance to me a mineral it must have 5 characteristics. The characteristics are:
What is Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystalline structure and difinite chemical composition.
200
Magma that cools very slowly deep beneath the surface forms minerals with what type of crystals?
What is large
300
Shiny minerals, such as galena, are said to have a metallic
What is luster
300
A narrow channel or slab of mineral that is different from the surrounding rock is called a
What is vein.
300
The use of earthmoving equipment to dig a huge pit is called _____ mining.
What is open pit
300
What would happen if you rubbed a piece of fluorite against a piece of feldspar?
What is The fluorite would be scratched but the feldspar would not be scratched.
300
The repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forms a solid called a(n)
What is crystal
400
Although brick, steel, and glass all come from substances found in Earth's crust, they are NOT classified as minerals because
What is they are man-made.
400
Minerals can form deep inside Earth's crust by
What is crystallization of melted materials.
400
Which type of mine often has a network of tunnels that extend deep into the ground, following the veins of ore?
What is shaft mine
400
What would you expect to happen if you rubbed a mineral of hardness 4.5 against a piece of fluorite?
What is the mineral would scratch the quartz.
400
What do metal tools and machinery, the metal filament in a light bulb, and steel girders used to form an office building all have in common?
What is They began as minerals inside Earth's crust.
500
The atoms of a mineral are arranged in a repeating pattern to form a solid called a(n)
What is crystal
500
A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains
What is no materials that were once part of living things.
500
Steelmakers add other elements to iron to make
What is alloys with special properties.
500
Which is not a characteristic of a mineral? Naturally occurring crystal structure Liquid Inorganic
What is Liquid
500
Gold is an example of a(n) ______ that occurs in nature in a pure form.
What is element