Minerals
Across
- 1. how much matter is in an object
- 4. the way the mineral's surface reflects light
- 6. rubs off on your hands easily, metallic
- 7. less dense than gold
- 8. comes in many colors and is on the hard end of Moh's hardness scale, colorless streak
- 10. gray in color and has a hardness of 2.5
- 11. comes in many colors, has a colorless streak and cubic crystals/breakage
- 15. the hardest mineral on Moh's hardness scale
- 17. has a white streak and hexagonal crystals, breaks in 3 directions
- 18. minerals contain a combo of silicon and oxygen
- 23. minerals do not contain silicon and oxygen
- 24. looks shiny and like its made of metal
- 25. properties can be magnetic or fluorescent
- 26. not a liquid or gas
Down
- 2. stinky and yellow
- 3. rough and irregular sides
- 5. contains elements from periodic table
- 9. is fluorescent, has a hardness of 3
- 11. how easily a mineral can be scratched
- 12. many minerals share the same of this
- 13. streak can be gray and it comes in 4 different colors
- 14. used to test/identify a mineral
- 16. does not look like its made of metal
- 19. forms smooth and flat surfaces
- 20. color of the powered form of mineral
- 21. formed by processes in the natural world
- 22. the softest mineral that is not metallic