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10 Cards in this Set
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minerals
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natural, nonliving solid material found on Earth
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Streak test
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tells the true color of a mineral
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Mohs test
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ranks the hardness of a mineral
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Luster
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by the intensityor quality of the light reflected by its surface
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Cleavage
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minerals that break along smoth flat surfaces
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Fracture
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minerals that break with curved, uneven or jagged surfaces
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Earth's layers
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top layer - crust
middle layer - matle center layer - core |
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lithosphere
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is a continuous shell around the earth which is made up of the crust and the upper mantle
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Geology
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is the study of the earth
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Geologist
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study the rock and mineral that make up the earths crust
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