chapter 4 minerals Word Scramble
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Mohs hardness scale | is a scale that ranks ten minerals from softness to hardest |
Crystal | is the repeating pattern of a minerals particles that forms a solid |
Alloy | is a solid mixture of two or more elements at least one of which is a metal |
Solution | is a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another |
Streak | a mineral is the color of its powder |
Ore | is a rock that contains metal of other useful mineral that can be mined at a profit |
Mineral | is a naturally occurring inorganic solid that has crystal structure and a definite chemical composition |
Vein | is a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock |
Geode | is a round, hollow rock that is often lined with minerals |
Inorganic | means a mineral cannot form from materials that were once part of a living thing |
Smelting | is a process when an ore is mixed with other substances and then melted to seperate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains |
Cleavage | is when a mineral splits easily along flat surfaces |
Crystallization | is the process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure |
Luster | is the term used to describe how light is reflected from a minerals surface |
Gemstone | is a hard colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster |
Fracture | describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way |
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