Mineral Properties
Mineral ID
Rock Cycle
Rock Types
Natural Resources
100
Property that shows how a mineral reflects light
Luster
100
This property is not typically useful when identifying minerals
Color
100
Sediment forms from this process
Weathering and Erosion
100
This rock type
Foliated Metamorphic
100
The main advantage of using renewable resources
No pollution
200
Property that refers to the minerals ability to scratch something or be scratched
Hardness
200
The hardest mineral on the Moh's Hardness Scale
Diamond
200
The process that would turn any type of rock into magma
Melting
200
This rock type
Clastic Sedimentary
200
Main advantage of using nonrenewble resources
They are cheap
300
Property that refers the mineral in powdered form
Streak
300
This flat mineral has one plane of mineral cleavage
Mica
300
The process that forms igneous rocks
Cooling of Magma/Lava
300
This rock type
Intrusive Igneous
300
Two major disadvantages of using nuclear energy
Toxic waste and nuclear meltdowns
400
Property that refers to minerals breaking into jagged pieces
Fracture
400
This mineral has rhombohedral cleavage
Calcite
400
The process that forms sedimentary rock
Cementation and Compaction
400
These three textures are related to extrusive igneous rocks
Fine, Glassy, Vesicular
400
Main disadvantage of using renewable energy sources
They are expensive
500
Property that refers to minerals breaking along a clean plane of weakness
Cleavage
500
This mineral fizzes when exposed to dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl)
Calcite
500
The process that will change any rock type into a metamorphic rock
Heat and Pressure
500
The parent rock to Marble
Limestone
500
The major disadvantage to using fossil fuels
CO2 Pollution