magma - one way a mineral forms, solution - another way a mineral forms, evaporation  - the process when a liquid turns into a gas, hardness - the Mohs scale rates the hardness of the minerals by the ability to scratch softer minerls, luster - how a mineral reflects light, breakage - how a mineral breaks, color - the WORST way to identify a mineral, streak - the inside color (in powder form) of the mineral, cleavage - mineral breaks in flat sheets, fracture - mineral breaks in jagged pieces, metallic - shines like a metal, non-metallic - does not shine like a metal, fluorescence  - the emission of UV light after the mineral absorbs light, inorganic - non-living, organic - made up of living things, crystal - repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles forms a solid, diamond - hardest known mineral, talc - softest known mineral, streak plate - unglazed tile used to test the mineral's powder color,

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