Mineral Properties

If you tested a mineral on a piece of glass then you are testing...

• streak

• crystal structure

• color

• hardness

Which mineral has cleavage?

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Which mineral has metallic luster?

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If a mineral was shaped like a streak plate, it would have this crystal structure...

• hexagonal

• monoclinic

• triclinic

• cubic

If a mineral was shaped like a cube, it would have this crystal structure...

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If you looked at a mineral and when it reflected light it looked like a metal, it would would be this property...

• color

• streak

• luster

• hardness

Which mineral has fracture?

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If a mineral scratched a piece of glass the mineral's hardness would be...

• 5.5

• <5.5

• >5.5

• >6.5

You rub a mineral on a streak plate and there is no streak, this is because...

• the mineral is too soft

• the mineral is too dark

• the mineral is too hard

• the streak plate is too dark

You scratch a mineral with your fingernail, that means that the hardness of the mineral is...

• <2.5

• 2.5

• >2.5

• 2.0

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2