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| A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness that is (more or less) than 6 | more |
| Minerals come from (materials not from living things) | inorganic |
| Mineral does not split apart evenly | fracture |
| not man made | inorganic |
| naturally occurring | inorganic |
| When magma cools quickly, mineral crystals are (small or large) | small |
| Property when scientist say a mineral contains certain elements in definite proportions | definite chemical composition |
| mineral must be inorganic which means it contains | no materials that were one part of living things |
| Coal is not a mineral because | formed from the remains of plants and animals |
| repeating pattern of mineral particles which form a solid | crystal |
| hardest known mineral | diamond |
| color of a mineral's powder | streak |
| breaking a mineral into tiny pieces would still show | same crystal structure and same density |
| how a mineral reflects light | luster |
| rock that contains a metal or other economically useful mineral | ore |
| anyone who searches for an ore deposit | prospector |
| process of scraping away of soil to expose ore | strip mining |
| process of digging a huge hole to expose ore | open pit mining |
| mine with a network of tunnels that follow the veins of ore | shaft mine |
| operators grade the surface and replace the soil when land is damaged | strip mining |
| process that remove the metal from the ore after it is mined | smelting |
| softest mineral on Moh's hardness scale | Talc |
| Properties that make metals useful for tools | hard, but easily shaped |
| cement, brick, and steel are from the substances found in Earth's crust, but not | naturally occurring |
| Minerals form deep in the Earth by | crystallization of melted materials |
| Narrow channel or slab of a mineral different from surrounding rock | vein |
| when magma cools slowly beneath the surface of the earth minerals form crystal sizes (small or large) | large |
| Minerals form on Earth's surface | when solutions evaporate (salt) |
| splitting of a mineral along flat surfaces | cleavage |
| atoms of a mineral are arranged in a repeating pattern | crystal formation |
| minerals that are useful because they can be hammered, stretched, or molded without breaking | metals |
| solid mixture of two or more metals | alloy |
| minerals that are used for jewelry or decorations | gemstones or gems |
| When you rub a mineral against a piece of unglazed tile, you observe it's | streak |
| mineral that is composed of a single kind of atom | element |
| called lava at the earth's surface and this below the earth's surface | magma |
| when two or more elements combine chemically | compound |
| dissolving of a mineral in hot water forms a mixture called | solution |
| On Moh's Hardness scale, which mineral will scratch topaz | corundum and diamond |
| list in order of decreasing hardness: feldspar, calcite, quartz, talc | talc, calcite, feldspar, quartz |
| rubbing a piece of talc against a piece of calcite | talc would not scratch calcite |
| mineral with a hardness of 5.5 against fluorite | 5.5 mineral would scratch fluorite |
| coal is not a mineral because | made from once living plants and animals |
| glass is not a mineral | man-made from minerals |
| to mine a vein of gold one must dig deep system of tunnels, type of mine | shaft mine |
| a mineral's streak is tested with an unglazed | ceramic tile, streak plate |
| color of a mineral's powder | streak |
| state of matter with definite shape and volume | solid |
| state of matter that takes the shape of it's container | liquid |
| state of matter with no definite shape or volume | gas |
| property of reflecting light | luster |
| property of the color of a mineral's powder | streak |
| object used in a streak test | ceramic plate |
| property of glowing under UV light | fluorescence |
| observation used when describing a mineral's color | qualitative |
| mineral characteristic of not being man-made | naturally occurring |
| mineral characteristic of not being living or made from living things | inorganic |
| characteristic of a definite make-up | chemical composition |
| characteristic of being structured of sharp planes and angles | crystal structure |
| characteristic of a definite shape and volume | solid |
| test using a fingernail, nail file, glass, etc | hardness test |
| scale used to identify hardness | Moh's hardness scale |
| softest mineral on Moh's hardness scale | talc |
| hardest mineral on Moh's hardness scale | diamond |
| Hardness of diamond | 10 |
| luster of shiny minerals such as Galena | metallic |
| two or more substances combined that retain their identies or properties | mixture |
| two or more substances combined in which each substance loses it's original properties | compound |
| mineral made of one kind of atom | element |
| example of an element | gold, silver |
| two or more elements chemically combined | compound |
| mineral used for jewelry or decoration | gemstone |
| arranged in a repeating pattern | crystal structure |
| splitting or breaking of a mineral producing flat surfaces | cleavage |
| uneven breaking of the surfaces of a mineral | fracture |
| to find density | mass and volume |
| mass per unit of volume | density |
| solid mixture of two or more metals | alloy |
| rare colorful mineral with hardness of 8 or 9 | gemstone |
| contains certain elements in a specific order | chemical composition |
| cement and brick are not minerals | not naturally occurring, are man-made |
| mineral does not split apart evenly | fracture |
| unit to measure distance | meter |
| unit to measure volume | liter |
| unit to measure mass | gram |
| mass per unit of volume | density |
| rock that contains a useful metal | ore |
| state of matter that keeps its shape | solid |
| type of observation made using your five senses | qualitative observation |
| type of observation made using measurement | quantitative observation |
| hard, colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster | gemstone |
| ranks minerals from softest to hardest on a scale of 1 to 10 | Moh's hardness scale |
| state of matter that takes the shape of its container | liquid |
| when a mineral breaks apart and splits easily along flat surfaces | cleavage |
| cannot arise from once living things | inorganic |
| when a mineral breaks apart in an irregular manner | fracture |
| naturally occurring inorganic solid | mineral |
| substance composed of a single kind of atom | element |
| color of a mineral's powder | streak |
| how a mineral reflects light from it's surface | luster |
| has flat sides called faces that meet at sharp angles and corners | crystal |
| a solid mixture of two or more metals | alloy |
| substances are mixed together but not chemically combined | mixture |
| process of removing metal from an ore | smelting |
