1. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals What are Atoms and Elements? What is Crystal Structure? What are the Most Abundant Elements in the How Do We Identify Minerals? What are the Physical Properties of Minerals? Earth’s Crust?

2. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Specimen of Granite Figure 5.1

3. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Model of Crystal Structure of Halite (or Table Salt) Figure 5.2

4. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Water Molecule Box 5.1

5. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer (A) Model, and (B) Schematic of the Oxygen Atom Figure 5.3

6. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer (A) Helium Atom, and (B) Neon Atom Figure 5.4

7. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer (A) Sodium Ion, and (B) Chlorine Ion Figure 5.5

8. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Crustal Abundance of Elements Table 5.1

9. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Ionic Bonding between Sodium and Chlorine Box 5.2 – Figure 1

10. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Carbon Atoms Covalently Bonded, as in Diamond Box 5.2 – Figure 2

11. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer The Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedron Figure 5.6

12. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Single Tetrahedrons (A, B) Require More Positively-Charged Ions to Maintain Electrical Neutrality Than Those Sharing an Oxygen Atom Figure 5.7

13. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Common Silicate Structures Figure 5.8

14. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Crystal Structure of Olivine Figure 5.9

15. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer (A) Model, and (B) Diagram of a Single-Chain Silicate Structure Figure 5.10

16. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Minerals of the Earth’s Crust Table 5.2

17. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Expansive Clays Box 5.4

18. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Mohs’ Hardness Scale Table 5.3

19. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Quartz Crystals with Interfacial Angles Figure 5.15

20. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Geometric Forms Built by Stacking Cubes (A,B) and Rhombohedrons (C,D) Figure 5.16

21. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Relationship of Cubes to Part of a Halite Crystal Figure 5.17

22. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Relationship of Mica to Cleavage Figure 5.18b

23. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Possible Types of Mineral Cleavage Figure 5.19

24. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer X-Ray Passes Through a Crystal and is Deflected by the Atoms into a Pattern of Beams Figure 5.25

25. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Bancroft: Mineral Capital of Canada Box 5.5 Photo by N. Eyles

26. Chapter 5: Atoms, Elements, and Minerals Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Answers to Selected Testing Your Knowledge Questions 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. B A D B A D F B C D D A C

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