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Minerals - Coggle Diagram
Minerals
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Mineral Terms List
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Fluorescence: The emission of visible light by a substance exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. Some materials, when exposed to invisible UV radiation, emit visible light and seem to "glow-in-the-dark."
Fracture: The way which a mineral breaks, other than its cleavage, or crack, joint in rock.
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Isometric: One of the six crystal systems. Isometric crystals have three axes of equal length, all at right angles to one another.
Luster: The way a mineral reflects light or shines. It is one of the means for distinguishing minerals.
Metamorphic: Refers to rock which has been altered by heat or intense pressure at a depth in the earth's crust causing new minerals and new structures in the rock to be formed.
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Examples of Minerals
Diamonds: extremely rigid, cleavage-perfect in all four directions, streak-colorless,
Fluorite: colorless, streak-white, found in cubes,
Pyrite: brass-yellow material, bright metallic luster, streak-black, well-formed crystals shaped in cubes, soft.
Quartz: most abundant material in Earth's crust, highly resistant to mechanical and chemical weathering, almost every color, streak-colorless, silicate
Mica: can split into thin sheets (cleavage), sheets are transparent or colorless,
Economic Uses
Fuel
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ceramic & abrasive materials (uranium, thorium)
Non-metallic: Industrial chemicals, construction materials, fertilizers, water
limestone, clay, sand, gravel, gypsum (used to make plaster), asbestos (for fireproof and heat-resistant materials 
phosphates, nitrates, graphite, sulfur
quartz, diamonds, corundum
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Metallic: Abundant metals, less abundant metals, scarce metals
iron, aluminum, titanium, magnesium
Copper, lead, zinc, tin, silver
Gold, mercury, nickel, uranium
Household Uses
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Electronic
Copper, indium, lithium
Decor
Clay, Fluorite, Gold, Gypsum
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