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Minerals...An Introduction
Minerals...An Introduction
Read Chapter 3, Section 1 to answer the following questions. Use the Check button to see how you did.
A
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrangement of atoms. They all have these
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
characteristics.
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
means that they form in or on the Earth with no human help.
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
means they are not from life processes. A definite chemical composition means that each mineral will be a
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
combination of elements only that mineral has. The orderly arrangement of minerals means they have a
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
structure.
A
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
is a solid in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly,
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
pattern. There are multiple crystal systems. On page 64 in your book, Fluorite has a
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
crystal system while zircon is
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
. Crystal can form from
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
(hot melted rock) or
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
(mineral dissolved in water). How fast magma cools can determine crystal
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
. Slow cooling magma forms
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
crystals. What mineral is formed from solution on page 65, picture B?
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
Of all the minerals that make up Earth’s crust,
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
are most common. The two most common are
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
and
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
. If a mineral is contains these two elements it is called a
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
crystal
crystalline
cubic
eight
four
halite
large
magma
mineral
oxygen
repeating
silicate
silicon
size
solutions
tetragonal
unique
.
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