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| Natural assets (raw materials or substances) that are found on earth and used by people. ex. metals, rock and wood |
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| A natural resource that cannot be replaced by nature; (It cannot replenish itself over time.) |
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The way in which light reflects from a mineral's surface.
(How shiny something is, a gentle sheen or soft glow) |
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Admitting the passage of light through a mineral's substance.
(Clear, see through clearly all the way.) |
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The physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material.
-describes if you can see through something. |
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The normal form that metals assume when they are cooled below their melting points.
(the unique shape that the mineral takes) |
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The characteristic that make a mineral unique
-matter that is fixed by its state
ex. color, hardness |
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| The resistance of a mineral to being scratched. |
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A solid substance where atoms are arranged in an orderly repeating 3-D pattern.
(forms slowly and has a distinctive shape.) |
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| Consists of atoms of only one type |
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| Minerals breaking along flat surfaces; Atoms weaker in one direction. |
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| Tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces; atoms same strength in all directions |
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| People who study rocks, minerals, and other non-living parts of the earth. |
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| Smallest particle of an element. (Building blocks of matter) |
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| made by humans, not by nature |
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| Molten rock beneath the earth's crust (surface). |
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| Molten rock which is forced up through cracks and pours out from volcanoes onto earth's surface.. |
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A natural resource that can be replaced by nature;
(It cannot replenish itself over time) |
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| A mineral made up of calcium & fluorine atoms |
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| Rock formed by heat & pressure |
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| Rock formed as pieces of older rock are pressed together |
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| Rock formed from molten rock as it cools |
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| Solid materials such as rock fragments, plant & animal remains carried by water or air |
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| color of a mineral powder left behind when it's scratched |
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| set of natural, repeating process that form, change & break down & reform rocks |
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| process of sediments being picked up and moved to a different place |
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