What determines the chemical properties and physical properties of a mineral?

A.
the arrangement of the mineral's atoms

B.
the specific gravity of the mineral

C.
the conditions under which the mineral formed

D.
the streak formed when rubbed across a porcelain tile

Question

What determines the chemical properties and physical properties of a mineral?

A.
the arrangement of the mineral's atoms
 
 B.
the specific gravity of the mineral
 
 C.
the conditions under which the mineral formed
 
 D.
the streak formed when rubbed across a porcelain tile

photon336 · Answer

What determines the chemical and physical properties. I'm pretty sure that has to do with at the atomic level, how the atoms arranged because; C is an okay answer but I think that it doesn't show the whole story. D would be a physical property.