Properties Minerals Practice

A scale that ranks minerals based on their hardness, from 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest).

10

The color of the powder left behind when a mineral is scraped across a surface.

A substance that forms in nature, is a solid, has a definite chemical makeup, and has a crystal structure.

Formed under the earth’s surface.

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly, repeating 3D pattern.

The resistance of a mineral to being scratched.

It describes the way in which light reflects from its surface, indicating whether it is metallic or non-metallic.

A mineral must form through natural geological processes, not artificially created.

Minerals have a specific chemical formula that defines their composition.