Mineral Structure and Identification

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A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called...

A class of nonsilicate minerals that that is made of only one type of ELEMENT.

True or False. Cleavage is a mineral's tendency to break along rough, or curved edges.

A substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically bonded.

A mineral breaks along a curved or irregular surface.

A substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance. It is made of all of the same type of atoms.

The way a mineral's surface reflects light is called...

___________ are the hardest know mineral, with a Mohs scale value of 10.