Minerals

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You see a mineral's streak color using a streak plate. Each mineral has a characteristic streak color. Graphite has a black to gray streak.

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The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture

• hardness

• cleavage

• streak

How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly:

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage

• fracture

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements

• atoms

• fossils

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Minerals are inorganic which means that

• they were once parts of living things.

• renewable

• they were never part of anything living.

• they are nonrenewable

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

• crystal

• luster

• streak

• refraction

The color of a minerals powder

• luster

• streak

• hardness

• texture

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test

• luster test

• Mohs hardness scale

• fracture

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Talc

• Obsidian

• Diamond

• Quartz

The softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Gypsum

• Talc

• Diamond

• Feldspar