What type of breakage happens when minerals breaks or splits into flat sheets

A mineral sample of pyrite (aka "fool's gold) appears metallic when light hits its surface.

Which physical property of pyrite does this describe?

When finding the _________ of a mineral we use the equation:

mass / volume = ____

What is Mohs scale used to test?

You notice a large mineral has fragments that have jagged, irregular edges... What physical property is this showing you?

What is the color of the crushed powered from a mineral called that is left behind on a rough surface?

You are grouping items in science class according to the Rules of Being a Mineral.

You been given pictures of gypsum, coal, corundum, paper, graphite & feathers

Category A:

gypsum, corundum, graphite

Category B:

coal, paper, feathers

Which rule of being a mineral did he use to help him classify the items he placed in the two categories?

Sometimes this physical property is not enough to identify minerals from each other because they could appear the same. Which property am I referring to?

Students loves to eat rock candy. Rock candy forms in repeating patterns similar to minerals, with sharp edges and flat sides. Even though rock candy is not a mineral, which mineral rule does its formation follow?

Real diamonds form as carbon crystallizes within rock. This process takes place without the help of humans in a variety of places.

Which rule does diamond-formation follow?

When the elements oxygen (O) and silicon (Si) combine on Earth, silicates form. These are the 20 minerals that form most of Earth’s rocks. Silicates have a specific molecular formula that all include O & Si, thus they are compounds of a variety of elements.

Which rule for being a mineral does the formation of silicates illustrate?