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From rocks, we mine minerals. How do we use them?

Food, jewellery, tools.

What is a "mixture of different minerals"?

a rock

What is the "streak" of a mineral?

Streak is the color left behind when mineral is scratched against a porcelain tile.

What is the hardness of the mineral?

the resistance of a mineral to being scratched

Minerals are identified by their P *** P***. They come in different s****, c*****, h*******,h********

physical properties. shapes, colours, hardness, heaviness, lustre (glossyness)

Minerals are solid, inorganic and natural. Explain two more characteristics of minerals

They have a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure

What is "luster"?

How shiny a mineral is

The moths scale of hardness is tool used to .....................

measure the hardness of mineral.

What's the highest hardness on Mohs Hardness scale?

10 Diamond

Rocks are made of ****** which can be made up of one or many ********.

minerals

Minerals are non-living things, we call them *****

inorganic

What scale measures the hardness of a mineral?

The Mohs Hardness Scale

What is minerals?

Minerals are non-living, solid substances that occur naturally.

What are the examples of mineral?

Salt, gold, lead, diamond

Pyrites looks and feels like real gold. A mineralogist can tell the difference by looking a special properties.

Gold is much heavier and harder to scratch. When rubbed on procelain, pyrite leaves a balck streak of powder where as gold leaves a yellow strike.

****** does not have a hardness rating because of its unusual charateristic of being liquid at room temperature.

Mercury