Rocks and Minerals

Front

Minerals are made of one or more: element, color, rocks, structures

Back

element

Front

Most minerals are made of: halides, silicates, quartzes, oxides

Back

silicates

Front

All minerals have to be: organic, liquid, random structure, naturally occurring

Back

naturally occurring

Front

Minerals MUST be all of the following EXCEPT: crystal structure, definite chemical composition, organic, inorganic

Back

organic

Front

Peeling off in flat sheets means a mineral's breakage is: fracture, cleavage

Back

cleavage

Front

What is the least reliable way to identify a mineral? Options: color, streak, hardness, chemical composition

Back

color

Front

What is the luster of the mineral? Options: metallic, dull, glassy, waxy

Back

dull

Front

What is the luster of the mineral? Options: dull, glassy, metallic, pearly

Back

glassy

Front

What is the luster of the mineral? Options: dull, glassy, metallic, waxy

Back

metallic

Front

What is the breakage of the mineral?

Back

cleavage