CHAPTER 2.1 PROPERTIES OF MINERALS

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CHAPTER 2.1 PROPERTIES OF MINERALS WHAT IS A MINERAL? TEXT PAGES 32-34

CHAPTER 2.1 MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS You Know You’re a mineral and NOT a rock if….

MINERAL -Solid substance formed in nature -Was never a living thing

SOLID An object with a definite shape and structure Tight molecules

INORGANIC -Something that was NEVER part of or came from plant / animals - Not from nature

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE -Repeating pattern & shape -Flat faces & edges EDGE

Coral NATURALLY OCCURING - Formed in nature - Not man made

DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION A mineral is always made from certain elements – in certain (never changing) proportions

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