Minerals

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When a mineral scratches another mineral, what property are you testing?

Imagine you smash a mineral with a mallet and it breaks it even pieces. What property have you tested?

Which mineral characteristics means not living and never alive?

Which is NOT a characteristic that all minerals have?

When you rub a mineral on a tile to see the color of powder it makes, what property are you testing?

Glass has a hardness of 5.5. Which is true.

A mineral's hardness is on a scale of 1-10. Harder minerals have larger numbers. Which is true?

Minerals are made in a pattern - sometimes only visible under a microscope. What characteristic does this show?