Question

Benny and Alice are describing the property of ___________, which is often used to identify specific mineral families. A) streak B) hardness C) cleavage D) specific gravity

Answer 1

Answer:

Benny and Alice are describing the property of hardness, which is often used to identify specific mineral families.

Explanation:

• The properties like streak, cleavage, luster, specific gravity, crystal habit, fracture, and color that of minerals do not make specific families of minerals based on that particular property.

• On the other hand, the hardness of the minerals is used to identify them with their families depending on how hard the mineral is.

• The metallic minerals are usually harder than rocky minerals.

Answer 2

hardness

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