Rocks and Minerals Quiz
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| What is Mining? | a way to get rocks that contain valuable elements
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| Surface Mining | takes place when the minerals are close to the surface
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| Subsurface Mining | when minerals are to deep to dig to they need to be tunneled
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| Color | The appearance of minerals that can vary according to the impurities in that mineral
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| Cleavage | the splitting of a mineral along smooth,flat surfaces
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| Specific Gravity | the ratio of mass of a substance in air to the mass of the water it displaced
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| Hardness | a measure of the ability of a mineral to resist scratching
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| Magnetism and Fluorescence | characteristics that are particular to only a few types of minerals
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| Streak | the color of the powder of a mineral is determined by doing a _______ test
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| Luster | the way in which a mineral reflects light
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| Fracture | the breaking of a mineral along either curved or irregular surfaces
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| Five requirements to be a Mineral | inorganic,occur naturally,solid,crystalline,and definite chemical composition
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