| A | B |
|---|
| Mineral | inorganic substance of which rock is made |
| fracture | Uneven splitting of a mineral sample |
| cleavage | The way a mineral splits along flat surfaces |
| color | describes the characteristic color of the mineral |
| streak | Color of the powder of a mineral; by rubbing mineral on streak plate |
| hardness | Ability of a mineral to resist scratching |
| Moh's hardness scale | Series of ten minerals used as a scale of hardness |
| density | Mass per unit volume of a substance |
| fluorescence | Mineral's ability to reflect black light |
| magnetism | Ability of a mineral to attract a metal |
| luster | Way the surface of a mineral reflects light |
| reactivity with acid | Characteristic of calcite |
| silica tetrahedron | silicon-oxygen polyhedron with faces |
| non-silicates | minerals without silicon-oxygen tetrahedron |
| silicates | minerals with silicon-oxygen tetrahedron as its base structure |
| inorganic | Not formed from or by living things |
