Mineral Vocabulary (2024)

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

• amorphous

• crystal

• mineral

• mineral cleavage

A mineral's ability to resist being scratched.

• luster

• mineral cleavage

• mineral fracture

• hardness

The amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume (m/v)

• fracture

• density

• mass

• volume

Not formed from living things or the remains of living things

• organic

• crystal

• inorganic

• mineral

One of the three common states of matter; have a definite shape and a definite volume

• liquid

• crystal

• solid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A substance composed of a single kind of atom

• element

• compound

• homogeneous

• heterogeneous

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition (makeup)

• fracture

• geology

• mineral

• crystal

The way a mineral reflects light from its surface

• fracture

• streak

• fluorescence

• luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces

• mineral cleavage

• mineral fracture

• mineral breakage

• mineral hardness

The amount of matter in an object

• weight

• mass

• volume

• density