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MINERAL PROPERTIES
Mind map: mineral properties
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MINERAL PROPERTIES
They are/have
- Solid
- Natural
- inorganic
- Fixed composition
- Crystalline structure
- formed by
- Crystals
- in a process called
- Crystallization
- depends on
- Time
- Space
- Temperature
- depends on
- Crystallization
- in a process called
- Crystals
- formed by
identified by
- MINERAL PROPERTIES
- divided in
- OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- include
- Luster
- defined as
- how the light is reflected
- types
- Metallic
- Non Metallic
- Silky
- Pearly
- others
- types
- how the light is reflected
- defined as
- Colour
- defined as
- mineral's surface colour
- some of them are very characeristic, others can vary
- ex: Quartz
- some of them are very characeristic, others can vary
- mineral's surface colour
- defined as
- Streak
- defined as
- mineral's powder colour
- is more reliable than colour
- mineral's powder colour
- how
- Scrape the mineral across a porcelain plate or tile
- defined as
- Crystal shape
- defined as
- The general shape of the crystal
- defined as
- Luster
- include
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- include
- Hardness
- defined as
- resistance to being scratched
- measured in
- Mohs scale
- from
- 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest)
- to test
- objects
- from
- Mohs scale
- defined as
- Fracture
- The tendency to break but NOT in planes
- Cleveage
- Tendency to break in certain planes
- Hardness
- include
- OTHER PROPERTIES
- Magnetism
- ability to be attracted by a magnet
- Electrical conductivity
- ability to allow an electrical flow
- Magnetism
- OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- divided in
- MINERAL PROPERTIES
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- Description
- Mapa conceptual de las propiedades de los minerales
- Created by
- Antoni Garcia
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