chapter 4 minerals
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| Mohs hardness scale | is a scale that ranks ten minerals from softness to hardest
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| Crystal | is the repeating pattern of a minerals particles that forms a solid
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| Alloy | is a solid mixture of two or more elements at least one of which is a metal
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| Solution | is a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
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| Streak | a mineral is the color of its powder
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| Ore | is a rock that contains metal of other useful mineral that can be mined at a profit
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| Mineral | is a naturally occurring inorganic solid that has crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
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| Vein | is a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock
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| Geode | is a round, hollow rock that is often lined with minerals
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| Inorganic | means a mineral cannot form from materials that were once part of a living thing
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| Smelting | is a process when an ore is mixed with other substances and then melted to seperate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains
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| Cleavage | is when a mineral splits easily along flat surfaces
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| Crystallization | is the process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
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| Luster | is the term used to describe how light is reflected from a minerals surface
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| Gemstone | is a hard colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster
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| Fracture | describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
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