| A | B |
| luster | refers to how a mineral reflects light from its surface |
| organic | carbon containing |
| rock | a solid mass of lithospheric material containing one or more minerals |
| compound | a substance in which two or more elements are chemically joined |
| diamond | the hardest known mineral |
| smelting | the process that removes metal from ore |
| magnitite | the mineral associated with a batholith |
| types of mining | this includes strip, open-pit, and shaft |