Properties of Minerals

Properties of Minerals

Vocabulary Choice Board

Mineral Video

Look at the front screen.

Mineral

Naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

Example: Cobalt and Iron

Multiple Choice

Minerals are...

• organic

• inorganic

• living

• expensive

Inorganic

Minerals must be able to form from materials that were not part of living things

Examples: Table salt and Carbon Dioxide

Crystal

repeating pattern of minerals particles.

Examples: Quartz and Pyrite

Streak

Color of the minerals powder

Example: Here is the streak of gold!

Multiple Choice

Mineral streak is...

• powder left behind

• winning back to back

• something not alive

• how shiny something is

Luster

How light is reflected of a minerals surface

Example: Here is the Luster of a diamond

(This type of luster is Adamantine Luster)

Multiple Choice

Luster is...

• how clear it is

• the shape of the mineral

• how hard a mineral is

• the amount of light that bounces off

Mohs Hardness Scale

Used to rank the hardness of minerals

Here are some rocks on the Moh's scale

Multiple Choice

The hardest mineral is...

• talc

• topaz

• diamond

• quartz

Multiple Choice

The softest mineral is...

• talc

• topaz

• diamond

• quartz

Multiple Choice

Which mineral property is being shown here?

• Luster

• Hardness

• Cleavage

• Streak

Multiple Choice

What is the scale that is used to indicate hardness of a mineral?

• Red Scale
• Moh's scale
• Einstein's Scale
• Fracture Scale

Multiple Choice

______ is the way a mineral reflects light from its surface.

• Luster

• Streak

• Hardness

• Color

Multiple Choice

Which property is not a very good indicator in identifying a mineral?

• hardness

• color

• luster

• streak