Minerals

the way a mineral BREAKS

• cleavage

• fracture

• malleability

• streak

a property that describes the ABILITY of the material to be

ROLLED or HAMMERED into sheets

• cleavage

• fracture

• malleability

• streak

the color of a MINERAL in POWDERED FORM

• cleavage

• fracture

• luster

• streak

the tendency of a MINERAL to SPLIT on structural PLANES

• cleavage

• fracture

• luster

• streak

the way a MINERAL REFLECTS LIGHT

• cleavage

• fracture

• luster

• streak

used to measure the HARDNESS OF MINERALS

• scratch test

• inorganic

• luster

• streak

a NATURALLY formed INORGANIC SOLID that has a specific chemical formula and is made of the SAME SUBSTANCE ALL THROUGHTOUT it

• rock

• inorganic

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• mineral

material that is NOT ALIVE

• streak

• inorganic

• cleavage

• luster

a set of TEN MINERALS used as a standard of HARDNESS against which an unknown mineral's hardness is COMPARED

• scratch test

• malleability

• cleavage

• Mohs Hardness Scale

The Mohs Hardness Scale was named after Frederich Mohs,

the scientsits who established it

• True

• False