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Understanding Mineral Properties for Kids

The document discusses the physical properties used to identify minerals, including cleavage, fracture, hardness, luster, specific gravity, and streak. It defines each property and encourages learning more about how they are used to determine a mineral's identity. It also advertises mineral-related products in its online store.

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Understanding Mineral Properties for Kids

The document discusses the physical properties used to identify minerals, including cleavage, fracture, hardness, luster, specific gravity, and streak. It defines each property and encourages learning more about how they are used to determine a mineral's identity. It also advertises mineral-related products in its online store.

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The Physical Properties of Minerals


Minerals are identified by analyzing their physical
properties. Let’s learn about these properties and discover
what they mean and how to determine them.

Start by reading the descriptions of each of the physical


properties, then dig deeper by clicking on each of the links
to learn more about each property.

Cleavage & Fracture


Cleavage and fracture are descriptions of how a mineral breaks into pieces. Cleavage describes how a
mineral breaks into flat surfaces (usually one, two, three or four surfaces). Fracture describes how a
mineral breaks into forms or shapes other than flat surfaces.

Hardness
The hardness of a mineral is a way of describing how easy or difficult it is to scratch the mineral. It is
used, in combination with the other physical properties, to help identify a mineral specimen. 

Luster
Luster is a description of the way a mineral surface looks when light reflects off of the surface.

Specific Gravity
Specific Gravity is a measure of the density of a mineral compared to the density of an equal volume of
water.

Streak
Streak is the color of a mineral when it is crushed to a powder.

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