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12 Cards in this Set
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Hardness
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C
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Cleavage
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F
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Fracture
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L
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Luster
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S
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Streak
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G
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Relative Density
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When glass breaks it breaks into tiny circles... this is called...?
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Concoidal Fracture
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What three questions must you ask yourself when identifying something as having cleavage?
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1) Does the mineral have a geometric shape?
2)Does the geometric shape have parallel sides? 3)Do the broken edges have the same geometric shape? |
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What if the answer to all three questions that identify rather or not something has cleavage are not yes?
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Than it is a fraction
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What is luster?
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How something shiens/reflects light>metallic
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What is streak?
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The color of a scratch on a mineral
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Azurite
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Copper Carbonate Hydroxide
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
