A NATURAL OCCURRING AN ORGANIC SOLID WITH A DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS OR IONS
NOT FROM BIOLOGIC ORIGINS
THE PROCESS BY WHICH ATOMS FORM A SOLID WITH AN ORDERLY, REPEATING PATTERN
THE COLOR OF A MINERAL'S POWDER
THE WAY A MINERAL REFLECTS OR ABSORBS LIGHT AT ITS SURFACE
THE RESISTANCE OF A MINERAL TO BEING SCRATCHED
THE BREAKING OF A MINERAL ALONG A SMOOTH, FLAT SURFACE
THE BREAKING OF A MINERAL ALONG A ROUGH OR IRREGULAR SURFACE
THE AMOUNT OF MASS IN A MATERIAL PER UNIT VOLUME
A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE MINERAL THAT CAN BE WORN AS JEWELRY
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS, MINERAL PROPERTIES, AND THEIR USES
A DEPOSIT OF MINERALS THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO BE MINED FOR A PROFIT