Mineral Properties

Question 1

What are the 7 properties of a mineral?

Answer 1

1. luster
2. crystal structure
3. hardness
4. Cleavage
5. Color
6. Streak
7. Taste, magnetism, density
   low density- float, high density- sink

Question 2

Different minerals have different ______ that we use to describe them as well as to identify them.

Answer 2

properties

Question 3

What is the luster of a mineral?

Answer 3

How light reflects off of the minerals surface

Question 4

What does luster describe?

Answer 4

How shiny a mineral is, how dull a mineral is,

Question 5

Vitreous means that a mineral looks _____.

Answer 5

glassy

Question 6

Pearly means that a mineral has a pearly _____ sheen to it.

Answer 6

oily

Question 7

Regular geometry due to the internal structure of molecules means that minerals have a….

Answer 7

crystal structure

Question 8

The ______ of a mineral is determined by the strength of its chemical bonding

Answer 8

hardness

Question 9

How do we classify the hardness of a mineral?

Answer 9

The hardness scale. 1- 10. 1 soft, 10 hard. The wya you determine the hardness of you muster minerals is you would test it against one of the known minerals not the scale. 1- Talc. 3- Calcite. 7- quartz. 10- diamond. If the mineral socrates your mystery mineral that means that the mineral is harder than your mystery mineral.

Question 10

_______ is what happens when you break a mineral

Answer 10

Cleavage

Question 11

Cleavage is determined by….

Answer 11

the shape or geometry of the chemical bonding

Question 12

Cleavage _____ are a way to identify minerals

Answer 12

planes

Question 13

Is color a reliable property of minerals?

Answer 13

NO, many minerals come in a variety of colors

Question 14

What is the color of a mineral in its powdered form?

Answer 14

Streak