MINERALS HAVE FOUR CHARACTERISTICS

MINERALS HAVE FOUR CHARACTERISTICS

• A mineral can be so small you need a microscope to see it

MINERALS

• Minerals are formed by natural process.
• Every type of mineral can be form in nature by the ocean,
• nature, and the years.

FORMS IN NATURE

• Minerals form in very many ways.
• Halite can form when water evaporates in a very shallow part of some ocean,
• Leaving behind the salt it contained of the mineral.
• Many types of minerals when molton rocks cool sometimes, and did you know
• Talc, is a mineral that can be crushed and used to make baby powder.

SOLID

• Did you know that minerals is a solid-that is, it has difinite fouls and a
• rigid shape,rigid means it's not pliant or flexible, and feels just like metal
• A substance that is a liquid or a gas, those things are not a mineral.
• And however in so e cases it's solid form is a mineral as example, liquid
• water is not, but ice is.

DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

• Each mineral has a definite chemical make up the meaning for that is, it's consists
• of a specific combination of atoms of certain elements.
• An element is a substance that contains only one type of atom,
• In turn,an atom is the smallest particle an element can be
• Divided into.

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

• If you look very closely at the particles of ice that make up frost,
• You maybe notice that they have smooth, and a flat surfaces.

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

• Did you know each mineral has its own type of crystal structure and the
• Meaning of structure is a clear transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
• Diamonds are extremely hard and have brilliant sparkle in its structure.
• In nature, a perfect crystal is rare one can grow only when a
• Mineral is free to form in a open space.

Trefil, James S. Focus on Earth Sciences. Evanston, IL: MCDOUGAL