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Goodrich-Mineral Voc
Earth Science-Minerals Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mineral | basic building blocks of the natural earth |
| native minerals | minerals composed of a single element |
| silicates | compound minerals that include silicon and oxygen |
| luster | the way light affects the appearance of the mineral |
| cleavage | the tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weak bonding |
| streak | marks that a mineral makes on an object when it is rubbed against that object |
| crystal | a mineral with clean, flat faces |
| specific gravity | number representing the ratio of the weight of a mineral to the weight of its equal amount of water |
| fracture | breaking into non crystal-like faces |
| ore | a mineral that can be mined for profit |
| precipitate | substance precipitated from a solution |
| inorganic | the property of never being alive at any time |