Mineral Vocab Review

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Surface light reflection type: metallic or nonmetallic.

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Luster

Front

Determined by scratching a mineral with others.

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hardness

Front

Color of powdered mineral on white tile.

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Streak

Front

Scale indicating mineral hardness

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Moh's scale

Front

Naturally formed, inorganic solid with crystalline structure

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mineral

Front

Criteria for a mineral:

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Naturally occurring.

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Term for regular geometric shapes in minerals?

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crystal

Front

Mineral property shown here:

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streak

Front

Solid geometric form of a mineral from repeating atom patterns

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crystal

Front

Example of luster?

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Metallic