Minerals (chp 4 sect 1) vocab and key ideas
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| the way a mineral reflects light | luster
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| a mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces | cleavage
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| the way a mineral looks when it breaks in an uneven way | fracture
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| a scale ranking 10 minerals from softness to hardness from 1 to 10 | Mohs hardness scale
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| a naturally occuring inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite composition | mineral
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| a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again | crystal
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| not formed from living things or the remains of living things | inorganic
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| the color of a mineral's powder | streak
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| The essential characteristics of any minerals are ... | crystal structure, naturally occuring, solid, formed by inorganic process, and has definite chemical composition
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| What is a the hardness of a diamond on the Mohs hardness scale? | 10
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| What is the hardness of quartz on the Mohs hardness scale? | 7
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| What is the hardness of talc on the Mohs Hardness scale? | 1
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| What do minerals in different combinations form? | rocks
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| The property of a mineral in which it glows under an ultraviolet light is called _______. | fluorescence
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| A substance composed of a single kind of atom is a _______. | element
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| A substance in which two or more different atoms are chemically joined is called a _______. | compound
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