Mineral Properties Review

non-living solid material found in nature and has the same makeup through the entire substance

• mineral

• luster

• streak

• color

outward appearance of a mineral noticeable by sight

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

color of powder left behind when a mineral is rubbed against a tile

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

describes how a mineral reflects light; shininess or lack of shininess of a mineral

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

a mineral's ability to scratch or be scratched by another mineral or other substance

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

describes how a mineral breaks forming flat surfaces

• cleavage

• fracture

• hardness

• chatoyancy

describes how a mineral breaks into forms other than flat surfaces

• cleavage

• fracture

• double refraction

• hardness

describes how a mineral reflects light across its surface in lines and seems to glow from within

• luster

• streak

• double refraction

• chatoyancy

ability of a mineral to bend light producing a double image

• chatoyancy

• luster

• double refraction

• effervescence

ability of a mineral to bubble when acid is placed on its surface

• chatoyancy

• double refraction

• effervescence

• fluorescence

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2