Characteristics of Minerals

This mineral is determined by the ability of one mineral to scratch another.

• Magnetism

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Cleavage

The way in which a mineral breaks along smooth flat planes

• Frailness

• Hardness

• Cleavage

• Light

This mineral can get easily scratched with a fingernail

• Quartz

• Diamond

• Talc

• Corundum

It is a characteristic of minerals that determines how it reflects light

• Luster

• Tenacity

• Shine

• Reflectiveness

It is how well a mineral resists breakage

• Color

• Durability

• Tenacity

• Resistance

Which among the choices are a curved fracture?

• Conchoidal

• Splintery

• Grainy

• Hackly

What kind of Tenacity bends but does NOT regain it’s former shape?

• Elastic

• Sectile

• Flexible

• Brittle

A mineral's ___ is the ratio of its mass to the mass of an equal volume of water.

• Specific Gravity

• Weight

• Scale

• Threshold

The identification of a mineral's color through its powdered/granulated form

• Pigment

• Color

• Streak

• Swatching

Which one of the following minerals is NOT difficult to test in the field?

• Topaz

• Diamond

• Quartz

• Corundum