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Class, if you need help organizing where to write down your homeworks, you can use this homework chart. This chart is for 1 week, but you can make copies or print them out for the other weeks. You can use this chart to write down the homeworks for all your major subjects. Just click on this link --> Homework Planner

Mineral Physical Properties Notes + VIDEOS

Class, these are the notes on Mineral physical properties:

Color- a mineral's color can be observed from its exterior
Hardness- determines how easily a mineral can be scratched (or measures its resistance to scratching).
Streak- the color of the mineral in powdered form on a white tile.
Luster- refers to the way light reflects from the surface of a mineral (ex- shiny, pearly, metallic, dull, glassy).
Cleavage- occurs when minerals split easily along a smooth, flat, parallel surface.
Fracture- occurs when minerals break into pieces with sharp or rough edges.

Also, here is a video that goes over the Physical properties of Minerals. I might have showed some of it to you in class when I first introduced the topic of Minerals:

Here's another one from YouTube that reviews the physical properties of minerals:

Here's an excellent website where you can get more information on Mineral characteristics and properties--> Mineralogy4kids

Extra Credit- Click on the following link to take the QUIZ for homework and write out the Questions and Answers in your notebook-- SoftSchools- Mineral Properties Quiz