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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The color of the powder produced by pulverizing a mineral on an unglazed ceramic plate. | streak |
| The smoothly curving, clamshell-shaped surface that may form when a mineral with no cleavage planes breaks. | Conchoidal fracture |
| The way a mineral surface reflects light. | luster |
| A number representing the density of a mineral, as specified by the ratio between the weight of a volume of the mineral and the weight of an equal volume of water. | specific gravity |
| The tendency of a mineral specimen to break along preferred planes whose orientation is defined by the internal crystal structure of the specimen. | cleavage |
| A measure of the relative ability of a mineral to resist scratching; it represents the resistance of bonds in the mineral to being broken. | hardness |