minerals

• what are the 5 characteristics of minerals?

  1. naturally-occuring
  2. ordered crystalline structure
  3. inorganic
  4. solid
  5. exact chemical composition
• what are the 6 ways minerals can be classified to?

  1. habit
  2. hardness
  3. luster
  4. color
  5. streak
  6. specific gravity
• hardness - resistance from scratching
• luster - how minerals' surface reflect light and how interior or mineral reflect/refract light
• color - reflection/absorption of light from a mineral
• streak - color of mineral in powdered form
• rocks - minerals are building blocks of what?
• talc - in the mohs hardness scale, which has the value of 1?
• diamond - in the mohs hardness scale, which has the value of 10?