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3
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A naturally occuring, inorganic, solid that has a crystal structure and adefinite chemical composition.
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4
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A mixture in which one substnace is dissolved into another.
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5
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The way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in a irregular way.
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6
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It's not formed from living things or the remains of living things.
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7
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A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.
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11
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The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a cystal structure.
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12
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A minerals ability to split easily along flat surfaces.
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15
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The look and feel of a rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
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The ways a mineral reflects light from its surface.
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2
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A dark, dense igneous rock with a fine texture that is found in oceanic crust.
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3
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A scale ranking ten minerals from softness to hardness.
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8
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The particles of minerlas or other rocks that give a rock its texture.
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9
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A usually lightcolored igneous rock that is found in continental crust.
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10
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A narrow deposit of mineral that is sharply from surrounding rock.
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13
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A hollow rock inside which mineral cyrstals have grown
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14
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The color of a mineral's powder
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