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naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
a) mineral
b) element
c) rock
d) smelt

A mineral must be _____________, meaning that it cannot come from materials that were once part of a living thing.
a) inorganic
b) organic
c) smushed
d) smelted

Color of a minerals poder
a) Streak
b) White
c) red
d) luster

Particles that make up a mineral line up in a repeating pattern which forms a______.
a) crystal
b) rock
c) fracture
d) solid

this scale ranks ten minerals from softest to hardest
a) Mohs hardness
b) Franks hardness
c) Wilbers hardness
d) Crystyals hardness

_____________ – if a mineral breaks easily along flat surfaces
a) Cleavage
b) Fracture
c) Density
d) Streak

_____________– how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface
a) Luster
b) Cleavage
c) ore
d) smelt

____________ – if a mineral breaks easily along flat surfaces
a) Cleavage
b) Hardness
c) Fracture
d) Streak

each mineral has a distinct one of these; it is found by devining mass by volume
a) density
b) chemical formula
c) magma
d) veins

_____________ – rounded, hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals
a) Geode
b) Haugheyode
c) magma tube
d) ore

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