Mineral Esrt Lesson

Minerals are

• man made
• natural
• from the moon

Minerals are

• organic
• inorganic
• man made

Minerals have

• no crystal form
• proteins
• crystal shape

Which mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale?

• Talc
• Quartz
• Diamond
• Feldspar

The ________ measures how hard a mineral is.

• Miller Scale
• Dishong Scale
• Curly Scale
• Mohs Scale

___________ is the color of powdered mineral.

• Luster
• Streak
• Fracture

_________ is the resistance to being scratched.

• specific gravity

• luster

• hardness

___________ describes how the mineral reflects light.

• cleavage
• magnetic
• luster

_____ is if something breaks into smooth flat layers.

• fracture
• cleavage
• streak

__________ is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.

• cleavage
• luster
• fracture