1. Minerals Graphic Organizer
Name ____________________________________
For a substance to be classified as a mineral, it must have all 5 of these characteristics
Characteristic #1
Characteristic #2
Characteristic #3
Characteristic #4
Characteristic #5
List and describe the 3 ways minerals form? 3. 6.
Physical Properties
Name and describe the eight physical properties
used to identify minerals 1. 1. 4. 7. 2. 2. 5. 8. 3.
What is an ore?
What are fossil fuels?
What are the two main classes
of rock-forming minerals?

2. Minerals Graphic Organizer
Name ____________________________________
For a substance to be classified as a mineral, it must have all 5 of these characteristics
Definable
chemical
composition
Orderly
arrangement
of atoms
Homogeneous
Naturally-occurring
Inorganic solid
Characteristic #1
Characteristic #2
Characteristic #3
Characteristic #4
Characteristic #5
List and describe the 3 ways minerals form? 3. 6.
Physical Properties
Name and describe the eight physical properties
used to identify minerals
Crystal
Form
Streak 1.
Cooling magma 1. 7.
Luster
Hardness
Specific
Gravity 2.
Precipitation 2. 5. 8. 3.
Cleavage
or Fracture
Special
properties
Color
Evaporation
What is an ore?
What are fossil fuels?
Fuels formed by the decomposition
of buried dead organisms
Rock containing a metal or economically useful mineral that can be mined, processed and sold for a profit
What are the two main classes
of rock-forming minerals?
Carbonates Silicates