Minerals and Mineral Properties

A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure 

• density
• streak
• mineral
• non silicate mineral

The color of the powdered form of a mineral found by rubbing a mineral against a white tile.

• Luster
• Cleavage
• Streak
• Fracture

What is the scale that is used to indicate hardness of a mineral?

• Red Scale
• Moh's scale
• Einstein Scale
• Fracture Scale

If a mineral does not break smoothly, and leaves an uneven surface:

• cleavage
• fracture
• hardness
• inorganic

A mineral is a living object

• True
• False

Which of these minerals is softer than glass?

• Topaz 
• Corundum 
• Calcite 
• Orthoclase 

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

• definite chemical composition
• crystal structure
• naturally occuring
• all of the above

What mineral is used for pencils?

• Graphite
• Galena
• Magnetite
• Quartz

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

• crystal
• density
• element
• fracture