Lesson Flashcards: Cohesive Properties of Minerals

The force of attraction between molecules of the same substance

A mineral’s resistance to scratching

A qualitative ordinal scale that measures the relative hardness of minerals, numbered from 1 (the softest mineral) through 10 (the hardest mineral)

The tendency of some minerals to break along planes of weakness in their crystal structures

The appearance or pattern of a broken mineral surface that is not related to cleavage

The ease at which a mineral will melt

The ratio between the weight of a substance and the weight of an equal volume of water

The property that measures a mineral’s ability to deform under tensile forces

The property that measures a mineral’s ability to deform under compressional forces