1. CHAPTER 2.1 PROPERTIES OF MINERALS
WHAT IS A MINERAL?
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2. CHAPTER 2.1 MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS
You Know You’re a mineral and NOT a rock if….

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

4. SOLID
An object with a definite shape and structure
Tight molecules

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

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

7. Coral
NATURALLY OCCURING
- Formed in nature
- Not man made

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