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Properties of Minerals
How Minerals form
Mineral Resources
Identifying Minerals
Mohs Hardness Scale and other questions
100
cannot come from living or once living things
What is inorganic
100
process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
What is crystallization
100
hard, colorful mineral with glassy luster
What is gemstone
100
color of mineral's powder
What is streak
100
how a mineral looks when it is broken irregularly
What is fracture
200
must not be man-made
What is natural
200
magma deep below earth's surface cools slowly to form
What is large crystals
200
can be hammered, stretched, molded without breaking
What is metals
200
how mineral reflects light
What is luster
200
hardest mineral
What is diamond
300
definite volume and shape; not a gas or liquid
What is solid
300
mixture in which one substance dissolves in another
What is solution
300
rock with metal or useful mineral
What is ore
300
mass in a given space
What is density
300
softest mineral
What is talc
400
repeating pattern of mineral's particles
What is crystal
400
narrow channel of a mineral in a different rock
What is vein
400
three types of mines
What is strip, open pit, shaft
400
structures of crystals divided into 6 groups
What is crystal structures
400
glow under ultraviolet light
What is fluorescence
500
two or more elements combined
What is compound
500
minerals are formed in two ways
What is crystallization of melted materials and those dissolved in water
500
ore is melted to separate useful metal from other elements
What is smelting
500
mineral splits along flat surfaces
What is cleavage
500
substance made of a single atom
What is element