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| What are the types of luster? |
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| Is color a reliable way to identify a mineral? Why? |
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| (NO) color alone isn't really a good way because multiple minerals come in the same color. |
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| Resistance of a mineral to be scratched? |
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| List 3 ways minerals form? |
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Igneous: form when melted rock cools and hardened.
Sedementary: From by weathering
Metamorphic: Form when mountains build up. |
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| Name of the scale used to determine mineral hardness? |
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| Mohs scale is used to measure hardness. |
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| How many minerals exist on earth? In Pennsylvania? |
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| most common groups of minerals? |
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| Examples of compound minerals? |
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| Color of a minerals powder when rubbed on porcelain plate is? |
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| Ability of a mineral to reflect light is? |
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| breaking of a mineral with rough and jagged edges is? |
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| List some special properties of minerals? |
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| Magnetism, radioactivity, reaction to acids. |
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| 5 characteristics that all minerals us have. |
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| Naturally Occurring, solid, inorganic, crystal structure, definite chemical composition, |
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