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Mineral Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mineral | A natuarally occuring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition and regular internal structure. |
| Streak | The color of the mineral in powder form. |
| Color | The intense color of the mineral. |
| Hardness | the resistance a mineral offers to scractching. |
| Cleavage | the tendency of a mineral to break along smooth planes of weak bonding. |
| Fracture | any break or rupture in rock along which no appreciable movement has taken place. |
| Silicate | any one of numerous minerals that have the oxygen and silicon tetrahedron as their basic structure. |
| Crystal ( Structure ) | the external appearance of a mineral as determined by it's internal arrangment. |
| Inorganic | Not consisting of or deriving from living matter. |
| Luster | the appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral. |
| Ore | a material in which a useful mineral or minerals can be mined at a profit. |
| Gem | is a piece of mineral crystal, in which, in a cut and polished form, is used to make jewerly and other adronments. |