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Minerals

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a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence mineral
firm and stable in shape; not a liquid or gas solid
existing by nature and without artificial aid naturally occurring
not consisting or coming from living matter inorganic
the arrangement, type, and ratio of atoms in a chemical compound chemical composition
description of the arrangement of atoms in a crystalline structure crystal structure
a hard white rock that is composed of silica quartz
a yellow smelly compound sulfur
an abundant pale colored mineral feldspar
bright green precious stone emerald
translucent resin type amber
breakage of a mineral into fragment mineral cleavage
texture and shape of a rocks surface when it is fractures fracture
how well minerals reflect the light luster
the color of a mineral in its powdered form mineral streak
shiny surface of a mineral metallic
when the surface of a mineral is not shiny nonmetallic
you scrape the mineral across a plate to see the color making a streak
brassy yellow mineral sometimes taken for gold fools gold
a precious metal gold
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