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molten rock

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magma

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minerals that break with irregular surfaces

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fracture

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color of a minerals powdered form

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streak

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naturally occurring inorganic solid

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minerals

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a mineral breaks along preferred planes of weakness creating sets of smooth parallel sides

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cleavage

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what are the two most abundant elements in earths crust

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silicon oxygen

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what does inorganic mean

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not living

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what the arrangment of an atom and the bonds between then refect about a minearls

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how hard it is the way it breaks what type of crystle shape it is

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what are all of the way to identify minerals

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hardness, luster, color, streak, specific gravity, cleavage, fracture, and tenacity.

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what are the two types of luster

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metallic and non-metallic

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how does metallic luster reflect light

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light is highly reflected off the surface

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how does non-metallic luster reflect light

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absorb more and reflect less light

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how do you preform a streak test

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rubbing a mineral on an unglazzed porslin tile

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what are the two types of breakage

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cleavage, fracture

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what is the name of the scale that maesures hardness

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Mohs Hardness Scale

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16
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measure a metrials resistance

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hardness

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what is the range on Mohs scale

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1-10

18
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how many different crystle shapes are there

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seven crystal

19
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minerals grow from

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salty water solutions Earth’s surface and underground

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what are the three ways minerals can form

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volcanic gases,magma,oxidation

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what are the mineral groups

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22
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which mineral group is the most aboundent in earths crust

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silicate minerals

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what element are silicons made up of

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silicon

24
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nonsilicates do not contain what element

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silicon-oxygen

25
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what mineral is used to make glass

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quartz

26
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a mineral is

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natural accuring inorrganic solid and has a crystline form

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