C3. Mineral test review

When a mineral breaks along smooth and flat sides, it is said to have_________.

• fracture

• hardness

• cleavage

• luster

what mineral property is this?

• luster

• cleavage

• fracture

• hardness

Which of the following is an example of a nonmetallic mineral?

• Sulfur

• Galena

• Graphite

• pyrite

What properties are used to identify minerals?

• Hardness, Luster, Color, Streak

• Diamond, Crystal, Topaz, Quartz, Apatite, Calcite
• weight, density, size, age

• color, age, origin, smell

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

____________ describes how a mineral's surface reflects light.

• Hardness 
• Luster
• Color
• Streak

________________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.

• Streak
• Shape
• Magnetism
• Luster

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly:

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements
• atoms
• fossils
• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Gypsum
• Talc
• Diamond
• Feldspar