7.8 Minerals & Rocks Flashcard Practice

Front

Cubic zirconia is a synthetic stone that looks like diamond, but it's not a mineral because

Back

it is made by people

Front

Minerals have a crystal structure because of: the way they reflect light, their color, the arrangement of their atoms, their grains.

Back

the arrangement of their atoms

Front

____ describes a mineral that break rough, jagged edges.

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Fracture

Front

Because selenite breaks along smooth flat planes, it has

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cleavage

Front

___ describes the way light is reflected from a mineral's surface.

Back

Luster

Front

The color of a mineral's powder is called its

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streak

Front

Minerals can crystalize from magma and

Back

water

Front

Salt is the mineral

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halite

Front

In which process do atoms combine in an orderly arrangement to make minerals?

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crystallization

Front

Coal is NOT a mineral because

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it is made from the remains of a living thing