Properties of Minerals

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

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

What gives minerals their different colors?

• water

• Small amounts of different

  elements

• luster

• crayons

Luster...

• is not a property of minerals.

• is on the Mohs scale.

• is the powdered form of a mineral.

• describes how light is reflected from

  the surface of a mineral.

Crystal Form

• the visible expression of a mineral’s

  internal arrangement of atoms.

• is the way it breaks.

• is a description of the hardness of a mineral.

The Mohs Scale...

• is to measure how shiny a mineral is.

• has triple beams

• is what Geologists use as a standard for hardness.

________ is the measure of the

resistance of a mineral to being scratched.

• Softness

• Hardness

• Streak

• Cleavage

Talc is harder than a diamond

• True

• False

the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or

break, along flat, even surfaces.

• Density

• Cleavage

• Toughness

Minerals that do not show cleavage when broken are

said to...

• cleave

• fracture.

• explode

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

_______ is a property of all matter that is the ratio of an object’s

mass to its volume.

• Mohs Scale

• Luster

• Density