Minerals
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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Mineral-A NATURALLY FORMED INORGANIC SOLID THAT HAS A DEFINITE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE
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Minerals are important to people because we have minerals in our diet that are essential for a variety of bodily functions
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Minerals are not evenly distributed because magma makes minerals and magma is only in certain places
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Minerals are broken up by weathering and erosion
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Geologists have many ways of identifying minerals. They identify by color, luster, streak, hardness, density, fracture, and cleavage. They use these characteristics to identify a mineral.
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Elements can not be broken down into simpler substances and they chemically join to make minerals.
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There are thousands of minerals. We use them everyday in vitamins, salt, nail files, and milk.
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Crystals are atoms or molecules arranged in a different pattern. Crystals grow when the minerals inside them grow.
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