Minerals Crystalline Shape and Properties

What does inorganic mean?

• Something that is living
• Something that is dead, but was once living
• Something that was never living

The definition of a mineral does NOT include:

• crystalline structure
• solid
• organic
• natural

Which of the following is NOT true of minerals?

• They are liquids
• They are formed in nature
• They are inorganic
• They have crystalline structure

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

The color of a mineral in powdered form

• Streak
• Luster
• Silicates
• Fracture

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid which has a definite crystalline structure

• Mineral
• Element
• Compound
• Rock

What term refers to the regular, geometric shapes that occur in many minerals?

• fracture
• crystal
• composition
• none of the above

Classify the shape of the crystal

• Hexagonal

• Isometric/Cubic

• Monoclinic

• Basic

What shape does the following crystal classify under

• Triclinic

• Hexagonal

• Isometric/Cubic

• Orthorhombic