6.6C Properties of Minerals Vocabulary

a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• inorganic process

• mineral

• streak

• luster

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

streak, hardness, luster, color

• inorganic process

• mineral

• 4 properties of minerals

• streak

materials that were not part of living things

• inorganic process

• 4 properties of minerals

• mineral

• streak

the color of a mineral's powder

• Mohs hardness scale

• streak

• luster

• inorganic process

the way a mineral reflects light

• luster

• streak

• inorganic process

• brittle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

used to rank the hardness of minerals

• used to rank the hardness of minerals

• brittle

• Mohs hardness scale

• ductility

easily broken, fragile

• brittle

• Mohs hardness scale

• luster

• streak

the ability to be pulled into thin wires. Ex. copper

• ductility

• element

• brittle

• hardness

a pure substance made of only one kind of atom

• element

• ductility

• malleability

• hardness

a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched

• element

• malleability

• hardness

• ductility