breaking of minerals or rocks along certain preferred planes or directions

a solid with orderly atomic arrangement; may or may not develop external faces that give it crystal form

minerals’ resistance to scratching on a smooth surface

a solid homogeneous crystalline chemical element or compound that results from the inorganic processes of nature

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Minerals

Question	Answer
Cleavage	breaking of minerals or rocks along certain preferred planes or directions
Crystal	a solid with orderly atomic arrangement; may or may not develop external faces that give it crystal form
Hardness	minerals’ resistance to scratching on a smooth surface
Mineral	a solid homogeneous crystalline chemical element or compound that results from the inorganic processes of nature