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| A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrange of atoms |
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| How many elements occur naturally in the earths crust? |
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| What is the most common mineral? |
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| What elements dose it contain? |
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| What is the scale to determine hardness |
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| What is the hardest mineral |
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| What is the softest mineral |
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| How a mineral reflects light |
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| When mineral breaks along a plane |
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| Color, texture of the mineral |
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| What are two characteristics that make a gem? |
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| For a mineral to be a gem it has to be rare and beautiful |
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| a mineral or rock that can be mined at a profit |
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