Properties of Minerals
The most unreliable property of minerals
What is Color?
The basic building block of silicate minerals
What is the Silica Tetrahedron?
A mineral that can be found in many colors, has a white streak, vitreous luster, is a popular gemstone, and can scratch fluorite and amethyst
What is Topaz?
This is what igneous rock starts out as
What is Magma?
Luster of the highest quality, seen in Diamond
What is Adamantine?
The cation that combines with the carbonate anion group to form calcite
A mineral that has a conchoidal fracture, is translucent, and has brownish-gray color
What is Smoky Quartz?
The small pieces of minerals and rock that are formed from weathering
What is Sediment?
This mineral has a value of 2 on the Mohs Hardness Scale
What is Gypsum?
The family of minerals that contains the Apatite Group
What is the Phosphate Family?
A mineral that has a light to dark green color and is often used to produce asbestos
What is Actinolite?
The texture of most intrusive rocks
What is Phaneritic?
The word used to describe a mineral that can be pounded into thin sheets
What is Malleable?
Most minerals are composed of these two elements
What are Oxygen and Silicon?
A mineral that is nicknamed "Peacock Ore"
What is Bornite?
The process by which layers of sediment become pressed together over time
What is Compaction?
Rough, jagged type of fracture often seen in metals
What is Hackly?
The chemical grouping of the mineral anglesite, with chemical formula, PbSO4
What is Sulfates?
A mineral that contains bluish white pseudohexagonal trillings
What is Celestite?
The larger mineral grains embedded in a matrix of smaller grains
What are Phenocrysts?