Minerals 1
The building block of all matter?
atom
A naturally occurring inorganic substance is called what?
Mineral
They are made up of one type of atom.
Element
A group of 2 or more atoms that has at least 2 types of elements.
Compound
Everything that has volume and mass.
matter
A solid geometric shape that results from repeating patterns of molecules.
crystal
Something that happens on earth with no outside help.
Naturally occurring
What do all minerals have in common?
Definite chemical composition,Solid, inorganic, crystalline structure, Naturally occurring.
Creation of minerals from temperature and pressure.
How do minerals form from solutions?
As water evaporates the solutions in the water form into solids leaving a mineral i.e salt.
What are the two main ways to classify minerals?
Silicate and Non Silicate
What happens to the crystal size as magma cools for longer amounts of time.
They grow bigger.
How many classes of nonsilicate minerals are there?
6
The color of the powdered form of a mineral is its what?
streak
The way that the surface reflects light is called the what?
luster
When a mineral breaks along a flat plane and forms smooth flat surfaces that is called what?
When a mineral breaks unevenly and randomly it is called what?
fracture
The formula for density is
mass/volume
The moh's scale measures what?
hardness
If we have a mineral and we want to identify the type of mineral what properties can we use?
color, streak, luster, cleavage and fracture, density, hardness, and special properties.
What are 3 products that minerals are used in?
many answers.
What is one mineral that is formed through magma and lava cooling?
Quartz
What is one mineral formed through metamorphism?
diamond
What is one mineral formed from solutions?
salt
Are these minerals or not
Ice
Topaz
Card board
brick
Yes
No
No