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Minerals
Minerals of Earth
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Science
6th Grade
02/15/2012

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Minerals

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Definition
A solid, inorganic shape. 
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Inorganic

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Definition
Something that doens't have organisms
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Crystal

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Definition
Quartz that is transparent, or close to. It is either colorless or tinted slightly.
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Hardness

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Definition
the property of something that is rigid and won't give into a push. Hard to scratch, and measured on Mohs scale.
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 Streak

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The color, and substance, a mineral makes when it is marked on something.
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Luster

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1) the shine of a mineral

2) mineral reflects the light

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Fracture

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Definition
when a mineral is broken, and the break is not flat (uneven).
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Density

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the amount of mass in a certain amount of space.
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Gemstone

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Definition
a precious mineral.
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Cleavage

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Definition

when a mineral is broken, and the break is flat and even.

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