Dr. M's Rock's Vocab. 1

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Substance in nature, solid, definite chemical makeup, crystal structure?

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mineral

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Naturally forming solid made of minerals?

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Rock

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Substance that can't be broken down by ordinary chemical change, consisting of one type of atom.

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Element

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Solid with orderly, repeating atomic pattern?

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Crystal

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Chemical make-up of an object.

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Composition

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Common minerals containing oxygen and silicon, rock-forming.

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Silicates

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2nd most common rock-forming minerals with carbon & oxygen?

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Carbonates

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Colored mineral powder left when scraped across a surface, used to classify minerals.

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Streak

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Property of a mineral describing light reflection: metallic & non-metallic types.

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Luster

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Property of a mineral that breaks along flat surfaces?

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Cleavage