Bell Ringer Answers 1-5-11

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Bell Ringer Answers 1-5-11

1. A mineral always contains certain elements in
   definite proportions.
2. The quality of the light reflected from a
   minerals surface.
3. Quartz has a shell-shaped fracture, sometimes
   called conchoidal facture. Pure metals have a
   hackly fracture.
4. A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic
   solid that has a crystal structure and definite
   chemical composition.

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Bell Ringer Answers 1-6-11

1. It was not formed by organisms or from the
   remains of organisms.
2. Color, streak, luster, density, hardness, crystal
   system, cleavage and fracture, and special
   properties.
3. Cleavage is weakness along flat surfaces through
   a mineral. Fracture is a tendency for some
   minerals to break in irregular ways.
4. One of about 20 minerals that make up most of the
   rocks in Earths crust.

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Bell Ringer Answers 1-7-11

1. It has grains or crystals that can be seen with
   the unaided eye.
2. Mineral composition, color, and texture.
3. The particles of minerals or other rocks that
   give a rock its texture.
4. Igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic
   rock.