Minerals

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What is the best description of the mineral property called luster?

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How a mineral reflects light.

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What property of minerals is tested by scraping them across a plate to see the color of the powder they leave behind?

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Streak

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A measure of a mineral's resistance to scratching. This is measured by scratching it against another substance of known hardness on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

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Hardness

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Which statement is the best example of the mineral property of cleavage? Options: The mineral broke and had jagged edges, The mineral broke and had flat edges, Minerals never break, All are correct

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The mineral broke and had flat edges.

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What properties are used to identify minerals?

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Hardness, Luster, Color, Streak, Shape, Magnetism

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The hardest mineral is the ______________. Options: Diamond, Corundum, Topaz, Calcite

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Diamond

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What is the color of a mineral in its powdered form?

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Streak

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The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

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cleavage

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How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly: streak, hardness, cleavage, fracture

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fracture

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A ranking of minerals from softest to hardest

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Mohs hardness scale