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Minerals
Earth Science: All about minerals
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
10/05/2011

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Minerals are....
Definition
naturally occurring, inorganic solids with a specific definite chemical composition and a specific order of atoms.
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Minerals are found in...
Definition
Nature. The have never been alive or from a living thing
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Minerals are (organic or inorganic?)
Definition
Inorganic
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A mineral is a solid not a liquid or a gas because of it's....
Definition
Definite chemical composition
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Minerals grow as...
Definition
Crystals (crystal shape)
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Minerals can break as a...
Definition
Cleavage or a fracture
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Cleavage?
Definition
Is when a object breaks in smooth parallel lines.
Smooth break
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Fracture?
Definition
When a mineral breaks in ridged and coarse patterns.
Uneven breaks, (shell pattern)
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Crystal shape?
Definition
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)
Definition
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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Luster?
Definition
The way a mineral reflects light
(nonmetallic or metallic)
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Minerals reactions to acid?
Definition
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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Minerals and magnetism?
Definition
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?
Definition
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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