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The elements making up a mineral determine this
What is color?
100
Windows are made of that
What is quartz?
100
A solid element or compound from Earth's crust that has a definate chemical composition and crystal shape.
What is a mineral?
100
A useful material or energy source found in nature
What is a natural resource?
100
This type of iron is used to make bells, wood stoves, and bathtubs.
What is cast iron?
200
Some materials split, or cleave, easily along flat surfaces, or planes
What is cleavage?
200
I am the hardest mineral
Diamond
200
These are used to decorate jewlery - (ruby, emerald, opal)
What is a gemstone?
200
What is Moh's scale
Used as a guide to identify hardness
200
A mineral used in watches because it generates electricity
Quartz Crystals
300
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
What is hardness?
300
I am used to make the point of a pencil.
What is graphite?
300
The shiny appearance of these minerals is called
What is Metallic Luster?
300
This type of iron is made by remelted pig iron which is poured into molds.
What is cast iron?
300
Minerals from which metals can be removed are called
What are ores?
400
The way light reflects from the surface of a mineral.
What is luster?
400
These minerals are mined directly from kimberlite
What are diamonds?
400
Salt is a common name of which mineral?
What is halite?
400
A building material made of sand, gravel, and a binder
What is concrete?
400
Most diamonds are found in stream deposits called..
What are placers?
500
The color of the powder minerals leave behind when scratched
What is streak?
500
I am the "brain" of a computer
What is a computer chip?
500
The process of removing metal from ore.
What is smelting?
500
I am made out of silicon and oxygen
What is quartz?
500
Computer chips which are used in computers, and solar cells which power solar calculators are make with this
What is silicon?