Minerals Vocabulary

not formed from living things

• streak

• inorganic

• solution

• vein

a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats

• mineral

• crystallization

• Moh's scale

• crystal

the color of a mineral's powder

• Moh's scale

• luster

• streak

• fracture

a naturally occurring solid that has a crystal structure

• mineral

• luster

• fracture

• crystal

a scale ranking 10m minerals from sofetest to hardest

• More's scale

• Bill Nye's scale

• Mrs. Butts's scale

• Moh's Scale

the way a mineral looks when it is broken in an irregular way

• fracture

• cleavage

• solution

• crystal

a hollow rock with minerals inside

• crystal

• mineral

• luster

• geode

a narrow deposit of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock

• vein

• streak

• mineral

• crystal

one substance dissolves into another substance

• geode

• inorganic

• solution

• mixture

the way a mineral reflects light

• streak

• luster

• vein

• cleavage

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2