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| the shaking that results fromthe movement of rock beneath earth's surface |
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| not formed from living things or the remains of living things |
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| a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again |
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| a substance composed of a single kind of atom |
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| a substance in which two or more elements are chemically joined |
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| two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically combined |
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| a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest;used in testing the hardness of minerals |
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| the color of a mineral's powder |
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| the way a mineral reflects light from its surface |
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| amount of mass in a given space |
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| a mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces |
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| the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way |
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| the property of a mineral in which the mineral glows under ultraviolet light |
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| the molten mixture of rock-forming substances,gases,and water that makes up part of earth's mantle |
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| magma that reaches the surface; also the rock formed when liqui lava hardens |
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| a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another |
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| a narrow slab of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock |
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| a hard, colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glossy luster |
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| rock that contains a metal or economically useful mineral |
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| the process by which ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements |
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| a solid mixture of two or more metals |
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