Minerals Review

Minerals are the building blocks of

• diamonds

• coal

• rocks

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Minerals occur in

Minerals are always ______, never a liquid or gas.

Minerals are

• from living things

• found only in North and South America

• inorganic

• only found in soil

Each mineral is made of

• the same element or elements

• organic matter

• liquids and gases

• different elements

The most common rock forming minerals are

• carbonates

• silicates

• oxides

• native elements

Minerals are classified by their

• groups

• size

• chemical makeup

• color

Check all that apply. Special properties of minerals include

• radioactivity

• color

• fluorescence

• magnetism

The property of minerals that shows how a mineral reflects light from its surface is

• luster

• cleavage

• fracture

• hardness

The scale used to test the hardness of a mineral is called ____