Unit 2 Vocab

A solid whose atoms or other components come in a repeating pattern. Their shapes come from their structure.

A substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances.

A substance with particular characteristics.

Description of the way minerals reflect light.

Measure of the amount of light that the mineral absorbs or passes through.

How it appears in nature.

Function of the wavelengths that the mineral reflects.

The color of a mineral in its powdered form.

Tendency to split along a flat plane.

To be broken.

How hard it is to turn a mineral into powder.

Full capacity.

To be deposited into a solid form from a solution.

To form into a crystal.

Substance that is composed of atoms two or more different types of elements that are held together by chemical bonds.

-oxygen -silicon -aluminum -iron - calcium - sodium -potassium - magnesium - others

-occurs naturally - inorganic -solid - has a specific chemical composition -has a definite chemical structure

cools or hardens