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The Solid Earth - 1A

Chapter 1 - Minerals

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A solid element or compound from the Earth's crust that has a definite chemical composition and crystal shapemineral
The way light reflects from the surface of a mineralluster
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratchedhardness
The colored powder made by rubbing a mineral against a ceramic surfacestreak
The tendancy of some minerals to split along flat surfacescleavage
The hardest mineraldiamond
Diamonds are made ofpure carbon
The softest mineraltalc
Fool's goldpyrite
A mineral that cleaves along one plane and peels in thin sheetsmica