REVIEW ELS

This is exhibited if the mineral does not have a cleavage plane.

• Fracture

• Cleavage

• Tenacity

• Specific Gravity

The quality of light is being reflected by the surface of the mineral.

• Opaque

• Luster

• Translucent

• Transparent

The color of  a mineral in its powdered form.

• Luster

• Color

• Streak

• Light Transmission

A German mineralogist who devised a scale to determine the hardness of minerals.

• Albert Einstein

• Hermann Bondi

• Alfred Wegener

• Friedrich Mohs

This is exhibited when a mineral breaks, and smooth flat surface are formed from the breakage.

• Tenacity

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Cleavage

Property of a mineral that is easiest to identify.

• Luster

• Color

• Streak

• Light Transmission

This determines how easy a mineral breaks or deforms when exposed to stress.

• Tenacity

• Hardness

• Specific Gravity

• Mineral Strength

For geologists, it is a naturally-occurring, inorganic solid that exhibits a crystalline structure and can be represented by a chemical formula.

• Inorganic

• Solid

• Crystalline Structure

• Mineral

The measure of a mineral’s resistance to abrasion or scratching.

• Tenacity

• Hardness

• Cleavage

• Mineral Strength

It is the mineral’s resistance to breaking or deforming.

• Tenacity

• Hardness

• Specific Gravity

• Mineral Strength