Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Property of minerals that break along smooth, flat surfaces.

• fracture

• cleavage

• streak

• luster

The orderly, repeating pattern in which the atoms in a crystal are arranged.

• exhibit

• fracture

• crystal structure

• crystallization

The process by which atoms form a solid with an orderly repeating pattern.

• fracture

• crystallization

• property

• streak

To display; to represent for the public to see.

• exhibit

• luster

• property

• cleavage

The property of minerals that break along rough or irregular surfaces.

• cleavage

• streak

• property

• fracture

The way a mineral's surface reflects light.

• streak

• exhibit

• crystallization

• luster

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

• ore

• cleavage

• mineral

• streak

The deposit of valuable metal-containing minerals that can be produced at a profit.

• mineral

• ore

• exhibit

• property

The quality or characteristic of an individual or thing.

• luster

• property

• cleavage

• fracture

The color of a mineral's powder.

• cleavage

• ore

• streak

• exhibit