Minerals

When determining which minerals will scratch other minerals, you would need to refer to the

• Periodic Table

• Moh's Hardness Scale

• Ritcher Scale

• Crystal Formation

  is a solid geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules.

• mineral

• crystal

• diamond

• rock

When determining which minerals will scratch other minerals, you would need to refer to the

• Periodic Table
• Moh's Hardness Scale
• Ritcher Scale

Which indicator would NOT be good as the ONLY indicator when identifying a mineral?

• streak
• hardness
• color

The fracture or cleavage of a mineral tells you the

• color
• breakage pattern
• temperature

This property of a mineral indicates how light reflects off the surface of a mineral.

• hardness
• streak
• luster

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

• mineral
• rock
• volcano

During the 1800s, miners needed to be able to tell real gold from another mineral, pyrite. To tell them apart, the miners would bite the mineral they found. If they saw a bite mark in the mineral, they knew it was real gold. What property were they testing?

• cleavage
• luster
• hardness
• streak
• color

A measure of the ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• streak
• luster
• hardness

The color of the powder of a mineral

• streak
• luster
• hardness