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naturally occurring, inorganic solids with a specific definite chemical composition and a specific order of atoms. |
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Nature. The have never been alive or from a living thing |
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Minerals are (organic or inorganic?) |
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A mineral is a solid not a liquid or a gas because of it's.... |
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Definite chemical composition |
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Minerals can break as a... |
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Is when a object breaks in smooth parallel lines. Smooth break |
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When a mineral breaks in ridged and coarse patterns. Uneven breaks, (shell pattern) |
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The arrangment of molecules in a crystal are always arranged the same way. This means that the inhibited growth of a mineral is always the same. |
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Density (related to minerLs) (high or low) |
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The higher the density of the mineral the higher in mass (heavier than they look(galena)) The lower the density the lighter |
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The way a mineral reflects light (nonmetallic or metallic) |
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Minerals reactions to acid? |
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When acid is dropped on a mineral some minerals tend to bubble and fizz at the acids touch, some minerals like calcite |
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When a magnet is near the magnetic mineral it will either at track or oppose the object |
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Someways minerals are formed? |
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The cooling and solitification of magma Precipitation from water Rearranged atoms in exsicting minerals subjected to conditions of high temperature and pressure |
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