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Mineral Stuff
crystallization
Uses
100
Not from plant or animal remains.
What is inorganic
100
Whether or not a mineral can scratch another.
What is hardness.
100
The color of the powder left behind by a mineral.
What is streak
100
True or false minerals form when magma cools?
What is true
100
A rock with a metal or economically useful mineral is called?
What is an ore.
200
All atoms are packed together tightly.
What is solid
200
A minerals outward appearance. Its shade.
What is color
200
The scale used to chart the hardness of a mineral.
What is MOH's hardness scale.
200
Known as "fools gold."
What is pyrite.
200
Someone who searches for ore is called?
What is a prospector.
300
A mineral has certain elements in certain amounts.
What is definite composition
300
The mass of a mineral in a given space.
What is density.
300
Minerals that grow under ultraviolet light are known as
What is flourescent.
300
How did halite form on the dried up ocean floor?
What is through evaporation.
300
Mining that scrapes the surface.
What is strip mining.
400
Atoms arranged in a pattern.
What is crystal structure.
400
The number and angles of the crystal faces.
What is crystal system
400
When magma cools slowly it produces this type of crystal.
What is large.
400
A hard, colorful mineral with a glassy luster is known as?
What is a gemstone.
400
Mining that extends deep into the ground?
What is Open pit mining.
500
To occur naturally.
What is naturally occurring.
500
The way the mineral breaks apart.
What is cleavage and fracture.
500
When magma cools quickly it produces this type of crystal.
What is small.
500
When magam cools on the ocean floor. What type of crystallization is it?
What is minerals from hot water solutions,
500
Mining where ore is found in tunnels and veins.
What is shaft mining.