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mineral a naturally occurring, inorring solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
inorganic not formed from living things or the remains of living
crystal a solid in whish the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again
streak the color of a minerals powder
luster the way a mineral reflects light from its surface
mohs hardness scale a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest used in a testing the hardness of minerals
cleavage a minerals ability to split easily a long flat surfaces
fracture 1 the way a mineral looks when it breaks a part in a irregular way 2 a break in bone
geode a hollow rock inside which mineral crystals have grown
crystallization the process by which atoms are arranged to form material with a crystal structure
solution a mixture containing a solvent and at least one solute that has the same properties thought a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
vein 1 a narrow deposit of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock 2 a blood vessel that Carry's blood back to the heart
rock-forming mineral any of the common minerals that make up most of the rock of Earth's crust
granite a usually light collored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
basalt a dark dense igneous
grain the particales of minerals or other rock that give a rock its texture
texture the look and feel of a rocks surface determined by the size,shape, and pattern of a rocks granes
metamorphic rock a tipe of rock that formed from a existing rock
extrusive rock intrusive rock that forms from lava
intrusive rock a tipe of rock that forms from coolling
igneous rock
sedimentery rock
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