All minerals in the sulfate and sulfide groups contain what element?

The central region of an atom is called the ____.

The tendency of minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces is called ____.

The resistance of a mineral to being scratched is called ____.

What is density of a mineral?

The smallest particle of an element that still retains all the element’s properties is a(n) ____.

What are the building blocks of minerals?

The color of the powdered form of a mineral is called ____.

What is the uneven breakage of a mineral called?

What determines the properties of a mineral?

The appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral is called ____.

What is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition?

The main types of chemical bonds are ____.

The mass number of an atom is obtained by totaling the number of ____.

The process of mineral formation from magma is called ____.

What type of chemical bond forms between positive and negative ions?

The color of a mineral, such as fluorite, changes due to ____.

Minerals form from bodies of water due to the process of ____.

An atom that loses or gains electrons is called a(n) ____.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?

A mineral that contains carbon, oxygen, and the metallic element magnesium would be classified as a(n) ____.

Atoms containing the same numbers of protons and different numbers of neutrons are ____.

Minerals are classified by ____.

Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of ____.

When two or more elements bond together in definite proportions, they form a(n) ____.

Mineral formation caused by high pressures and high temperatures would most likely occur in which of the following environments?

The building block of the silicate minerals is called the ____.

Which subatomic particles are most involved in chemical bonding?

What is the smallest particle of a covalent compound that shows the properties of that compound?