Minerals

Front

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

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luster

Front

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

Back

cleavage

Front

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

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fracture

Front

The color of a mineral's powder

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streak

Front

A ranking of minerals from softest to hardest

Back

Mohs hardness scale

Front

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

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rocks

Front

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

Back

Diamond

Front

The softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale: Gypsum, Talc, Diamond, Feldspar

Back

Talc

Front

Geologists have identified over _____________ minerals.

Back

2000

Front

Minerals are inorganic which means that

Back

they were never part of anything living.