1. 1.minerals 2 minerals are solid substances formed in nature 3 vocabulary minerals a solid...
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1. Minerals
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Minerals are solid substances formed in nature
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Vocabulary
minerals
A solid substance formed in natured
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Minerals are made of materials that were never alive
A mineral always has the same chemical make-up
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The atoms of a mineral are arranged in regular patterns
and form shapes called crystals
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Vocabulary:
crystals
A solid in which the atoms are arranged in regular patterns
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Most minerals are formed by magma
Vocabulary
Magma
The hot liquid rock inside Earth
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When magma cools slowly, minerals with large crystals
are formed
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When magma cools quickly minerals with small crystals
form
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Dolerite Gabbro
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Some minerals, like sulfur, are made up of one kind of atom
There are about 3,000 different minerals on Earth
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Others, like quartz, are made of more than one
kind of atom
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Minerals have properties that can be used to identify them
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One of these properties is streak
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Vocabulary
streak
The color of a mineral when it is in powdered form
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Sulfur is always yellow
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Other minerals, like quartz, may be found in many colors
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Luster, cleavage, and hardness are other properties used to
identify minerals
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Vocabulary:
luster
Describes how shiny a mineral is when light
hits it
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Some minerals, like sulfur, are dull
Some minerals, like gold, are very shiny
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Vocabulary:
cleavage
The way a mineral breaks
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Mica breaks in one direction and forms sheets
Sulfur breaks into many uneven pieces
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Vocabulary:
hardness
The ability of a mineral to be scratched
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Some minerals are so soft that they can be scratched by a
fingernail
Diamond, the hardest mineral, can scratch any other mineral
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In 1824, Friedrich Mohs developed a list of common minerals to compare their
hardness called the Mohs Scale
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