Minerals Vocab Review

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

• luster

• fracture

• mineral

• streak

The way a mineral reflects light from its surface.

• luster

• fracture

• cleavage

• inorganic

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.

• cleavage

• streak

• crystal

• fracture

A scale used in testing the hardness of minerals; ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest.

• crystal

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• fracture

• inorganic

A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces.

• fracture

• cleavage

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• Inorganic

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.

• streak

• luster

• crystal

• inorganic

The color of a mineral's powder when rubbed against a piece of unglazed porcelain tile.

• luster

• cleavage

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• streak

Not formed from living things.

• Inorganic

• crystal

• luster

• streak