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True or False: A mineral is a living thing found in nature.
False
True or False: Minerals can only form from cooling magma.
False
True or False: The color of a mineral and its streak are always the same.
False
True or False: Quartz has a metallic luster.
False
True or False: Mica breaks into jagged pieces when hit with a hammer.
False
True or False: You can scratch a diamond with your fingernail.
False
True or False: Salt is a mineral with a crystalline structure.
True
True or False: All rocks are made up of different minerals.
True
True or False: Pyrite (fool’s gold) leaves a greenish-black streak.
True
True or False: A diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth.
True
having a repeating, ordered, inside structure
crystalline
naturally- occurring, non- living solids that have a crystalline structure
minerals
the color or range of colors that a mineral usually appears to be
color
the way in which the surface of a mineral reflects light
luster
the mark left behind after rubbing a mineral on a hard, rough, white surface
streak
the way some minerals break along flat planes to form regular shapes
cleavage
