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CHAPTER 2:
MINERALS
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INTRODUCTION
From the earliest time, man has found important uses ofminerals.
E.g. clay for bricks and pottery; quartz and jade forweapons, garnet, amethyst and other coloured stones
for ornaments and also gold, silver and copper forornaments and utensils.
An in depth study of geology usually begins with anintroduction to mineral, considering that earth's solid
surface is composed of rocks and soils that are primarilymineral aggregates.
Mineralogy is therefore a subdivision of geology sinceminerals constitute the rocks of the earth's crust.
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In civil engineering, the study of minerals is important because:
The minerals, rocks, and soils that occur at and beneath theearth's surface are the materials with which the engineermust work.
In the designing of any structure, engineers must be able toevaluate and distribute natural materials present at site tobase the design upon this assessment, which is impossible
without the general understanding of the physical andchemical characteristics of the minerals and rocks that makeup the earth's crust.
Knowledge of minerals is essential for engineers who dealswith earth materials since minerals are partiallyresponsible for the physical and mechanical properties ofrock and soil encountered in mines, tunnels andexcavations.
In industry, minerals are directly incorporated into chemicals,
abrasives, and fertilizers and are processed
into thousands ofother useful products.
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The Nature and Origin of MineralsMinerals are formed in various ways and different conditions.
Most of the minerals require thousands of year to develop and others need justa few years. There are few cases that need only a few hours to develop.
The mineral formations takes places either in the molten rock or magma, nearthe Earth surface or deep in the Earth crust as a result of transforming.
What is a mineral?
They occur naturally as inorganic sol ids.
They have a speci f ic internal st ructure; that is, their atoms are preciselyarranged into a crys tal l ine sol id.
They have a chemical comp os i t ionthat varies within definite limits and canbe expressed by chemical formula.
They have definite set of physical propert ies(hardness, cleavage, crystal formetc) that result from their crystalline structure and composition.
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Physical Properties of Minerals
The minerals can be identified by their physical properties.
Which are characteristics that can be observed or determinedby simple tests.
The physical properties are:
(a) Colour
(b) Streak
(c) Cleavage and fracture(d) Luster
(e) Hardness
(f) Reaction with acid
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Colour
The colour of the mineral = seen by eye.
Colour results
from a minerals
chemical composition,impurities that may present in the sample, flaws ordamagein the internal structure, the light in the room or strongreflective surfaces.
Unfortunately, even though color is the easiest physicalproperty to determine, it is not the most useful in helping tocharacterize a particular mineral.
The problem is some minerals display a rainbow of colors(shown by the mineral fluorite (CaF2) ).
Therefore, colour is a general rather than specificindicator. Quartz, for example, ranges through the spectrum
from clear, colourless crystals to purple, red, white, grey andjet black.
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The many colors of fluorite
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Streak
Streak - colour of finely powdered mineral particlesproduced by scraping the specimen along a roughenedsurface such as porcelain plate.
The mark left behind can be a characteristic feature of themineral.
The streak is not necessarily the same as the colour of themineral, haematite, for example produces a reddish brownstreak, even though the sample may have a metallic greyappearance.
The limitation of a streak plate is that it can only be used onminerals with a hardness less than seven.
The combination of luster, color, and streak may be enough topermit identification of the mineral.
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Cleavage and fracture
There are two ways in which a mineral can breakCleavage and fracture.
Cleavage planes = When a minerals broke and
observed to a split along particular planes.
Micas are examples of minerals with excellentcleavage in one direction.
Fracture = Surface of rupture is more irregular.
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Examples of Cleavage Fracture
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Luster
Luster- property that results from the mannerin which light is reflected from amineral.
In another words luster is the shine of a mineral.
Luster is described in terms of the degree of brightness.
The terms to describe luster are :
Metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in afaceted diamond).
Other shiny, but somewhat translucent or transparent luster (glassy, adamantine),along with dull, earthy, waxy, and resinous luster, are grouped as non-metallic.
Metallic : like polished metal e.g. galena
Submetallic : less brilliant
Dull : e.g. chalk
Vitreous : like broken glass e.g. quartz
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Type of Lustre:
Vitreous Luster a mineral having a glassy shine. E.g. Quartz and
Calcite.
Pearly Lustre a mineral having a pearly shine. E.g. Muscovite.
Metallic lustre a mineral with a metallic shine. E.g. Magnetite (Iron Ore).
Silky lustre a mineral with a silky shine. E.g. Asbestos.
Resinious lustre a mineral with a greasy shine like resin. E.g. Talc.
Admantine lustre The mineral having a diamond like shine.
E.g. Diamond and Zircon
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Transparency:
Transparency is the degree to which a medium allows light to pass through it.
The transparency may be either opaque, translucent, or transparent.
Type of Transparency:
Opaque A mineral which does not pass any light, and nothing can be seenthrough it. The light is refracted again and again at many boundary surfaces untilit finally becomes reflected and absorbed. Granular, fibrous or columnar as wellas aggregates always opaque. E.g. Orthoclase, Magnetite And Hornblende.
Transparent - Mineral which allows the light pass through fully and objects onthe other sides are seen clearly through the mineral. E.g. Colourless Quartz andcalcite.
Semi Transparent Mineral which allows light pass partially and objects areseen hazy through the mineral. E.g. Slightly milky white varieties Quartz andCalcite.
TranslucentA mineral which allows only some diffused light to pass through it.
E.g. milky white varieties Quartz and Calcite.
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Transparent - Quartz
Semi Transparent- Sulfur
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Hardness
Hardness is a measure of a mineral's resistance toabrasion.
In case of mineral identification, hardness is a relative scalethat refers to the di f f icul ty of sc ratching the mineral.
The hardness is described using an arbitrary scale of tenstandard minerals.
The scale is called the MOH's scale of hardness.
The hardness of any object is controlled by the strength ofbonds between atoms and is measured by the ease ordifficulty with which it can be scratched.
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Reaction with acid
When dilute hydrochloric acid (typically
10%) is dripped onto some minerals a
reaction takes place.
On calcite (CaCO3), bubbles of carbon
dioxide are produced; in some iron
sulphide ores, hydrogen sulphide is
produced.
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Silicate Mineral
What are silicate minerals?
A group of minerals contains SiO44- as the dominant
polyanion.
In these minerals the Si4+ cation is always surrounded by 4oxygens in the form of a tetrahedron.
Because Si and O are the most abundant elements in theEarth, this is the largest group of minerals and is divided intosubgroups based on the degree of polymerization of the SiO
4tetrahedra.
Approximately 30% of all minerals are silicates and somegeologists estimate that the crust has been about 95%silicate minerals, of which some 60% is feldspar and 12%
quartz.
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Structure and Classification of the Silicates
In all silicate structures investigated, the silicon atomsare in fourfold coordination with oxygen.
The bonds between silicon and oxygen are so strong
that the four oxygen are always found at the cornersof a tetrahedron of nearly constant dimensions andregular shape.
Hence the existence of a silicon tetrahedron will make
a mineral as a silicate mineral and its absence willmake it as a non-silicate mineral.
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The silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is the basic building block of the silicate
minerals. This is the most important building block in geology because it
is the basic unit for 95% of the minerals in the crust
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Silicate classification is based on the following
types of linkages:
1. Single chains pyroxene
2. Double chains amphiboles
3. Two dimensional sheets minerals - micas,
chlorites, and clay minerals.
4. Three dimensional frameworks - feldspar and
quartz
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Single chain
Sheet
Double chain
Silicon-oxygen tetrahedral groups can form single chains, double
chains and sheets by sharing of oxygen ions among silica ions
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Rock Forming Minerals
Minerals vary greatly in their chemical composition andphysical properties.
Before we begin the study of rocks it is necessary toknow the chief rock forming minerals.
Although there are more than 2000 known minerals,only a few are abundant in the most common rockforming minerals and can be identified by its physicalproperties by simple tests.
Minerals are classified according to chemicalcomposition and structure.
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Oxygen and Silicon make up approximately 75% ofweight of rocks.
Silicon and Oxygen occur on combination with otherabundant element to form silicate minerals.
This group is called the silicate group because all itsmembers contain a specific structural combination ofsilicon and oxygen, even though most silicateminerals also contain other elements.
Thus silicate minerals is the chief rock formingminerals.
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Quartz
Most common of silica group minerals.
Crystallization from the magma took place below 867C and stablepractically over the whole range of geological conditions.
Present in silica-rich igneous rocks both volcanic and plutonic andcan be recognized by glassy grains of irregular shape withoutcleavage.
Stable both physically and chemically, therefore difficult mineral toalter or breakdown once formed.
Important constituent in most metamorphic rocks, usually colourlessor white, but can occur in practically any shade, glassy luster.
Can be utilized in construction industry.
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Quartz Mineral
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Feldspar group
Most important group, abundant and constitute the mostof rock forming minerals.
Make up to 60% of the earth's crust Found almost on all
of the igneous rocks, in some sedimentary and manymetamorphic rocks.
Two major types of feldspar: Potassium feldspar (K-
feldspar) and Plagioclase feldspar.
Good cleavage in two directions, porcelain luster andhardness of 6.
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The plagioclase feldspars: Albite, (Sodium aluminum silicate)
Oligoclase, (Sodium calcium aluminum silicate)
Andesine, (Sodium calcium aluminum silicate)
Labradorite, (Calcium sodium aluminum silicate) Bytownite, (Calcium sodium aluminum silicate)
Anorthite, (Calcium aluminum silicate)
The K-feldspars or alkali felspars: Microcline, (Potassium aluminum silicate)
Sanidine, (Potassium sodium aluminum silicate)
Orthoclase, (Potassium aluminum silicate)
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Feldspar Mineral
Albite Oligoclase
Andesine Anorthite
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Mica
Micas are a group of monoclinic minerals and arecharacterized by perfect cleavage.
Typically paper thin, shiny, elastic cleavage plates.
Only two common occurring mica known as biotite (darkbrown to black), usually less commercial value andmuscovite (colourless or slightly tinted).
Abundant in granite and in many metamorphic rocks andis also a significant component of many sandstones.
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Pyroxene
High temperature minerals found in many
igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Usually dark coloured (dark green to
black) and contains silicates of iron and
magnesium.
Occurs in basic and ultrabasic rocks.
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Olivine
Occurs chiefly in basic and ultrabasic rocks with (MgFe)2SiO4 present.
Crystallizes at a high temperature, over 1000oC, one of
the first minerals to form from basic magmas, andcommon in basalt.
The only mineral clearly visible in the hand specimen.
Probably the major constituent of the material beneaththe Earth's crust.
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Amphiboles
This mineral has much in common with pyroxenes andconsist of complex silicates which are magnesium,calcium and iron.
Hornblende the most abundant amphibole is a commonconstituent of igneous and metamorphic rock.
Colour ranges from green to black.
Common in metamorphic rock known as amphibolite.
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Calcite
Composed ofcalcium carbonate (CaCO3) and principal mineral oflimestone.
Can be precipitated directly from seawater and removed from it byorganisms to make shells.
Dissolved in groundwater and reprecipitated as new crystals incaves and fractures in rock.
Soft (3.0) and easy to scratch, effervesces (bubbles) in dilutehydrochloric acid, perfect cleavage in three directions but not at right
angle.
Major component of limestone and major mineral metamorphic rock,marble.
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Dolomite
Composed of magnesium and carbonate (CO2).
Widespread in sedimentary rocks, forming when
calcite reacts with solutions of magnesiumcarbonate in seawater or groundwater.
It will effervesces in dilute hydrochloric acid onlyif it is in powdered form.
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Clay minerals
Constitute major part of the soil and thus
encountered more frequently than other
minerals.
Form when air and water interact with the
various silicate minerals breaking them to
form clay and other products.
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Halite and Gypsum
Two most common minerals formed by the
evaporation of seawater or saline lake water.
Halite (common salt, NaCI) easily identified byits taste, very soft and scratched easily with
finger nail.
Gypsum composed of calcium sulphate and
water (CaSO42H2O).
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Chlorite (MgFe)5Al(Si3AI)O10(OH)8
A green flaky minerals formed by hydrous
silicates of magnesium and aluminum.
Found in igneous rocks and in
metamorphic rocks such as chlorite-schist
and in some clays.
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Serpentine Mg6Si4O10(OH)8
An alteration of olivine, pyroxene or
hornblende.
Change from olivine to serpentine may be
brought about by action of water and
silica.
Found in basic and ultrabasic rocks.
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Talc Mg3Si4O1O(OH)3
Soft flaky mineral, white or greenish white, easilyscratched by finger nails.
Occurs as a secondary product in basic and ultrabasicrocks and in talc-schist.
Kaolin (China Clay) AI4 Si4O10(OH)8
Derived from breakdown of feldspar by action of waterand carbon dioxide.
White or grey, soft with texture of flour and clayey smell
when damp.
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Non Silicate MineralsRefer Table 2.0 for common, economically important non-silicate mineral.
Oxides and Hydroxides:
These are minerals that are form by combination of various cations withoxygen.
Some examples of this type of minerals are hematite, ilmenite, magnetite,Bauxite, Limonite and Cassiterite.
Carbonates and Sulfates:
Consist of framework similar to the silica tetrahedra.
An important mineral in this group is gypsum, the main ingredient inbuilding materials.
The most important carbonate minerals are calcite which combines calciumwith the carbonate ion, and dolomite which contains calcium andmagnesium in its structure.
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Halides:
Often occurring as chemical deposited
sediments formed by evaporation and as
vein minerals in igneous rocks.
Example of halide mineral is halite or rock
salt deposit from the evaporation of
enclosed bodies of salt water.
Table 2.0: Examples of important non-silicate minerals
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Table 2.0: Examples of important non silicate minerals
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Minerals which make up the three broad categories of rocks
Igneous rocks
quartz, biotite, muscovite, amphiboles (e.g.
hornblende), pyroxenes (e.g. augite),
orthoclase, olivine
Sedimentary rocks
parent igneous rocks - quartz and feldspar
the earth's surface minerals clay minerals,hydrous aluminum silicates, carbonates,
calcite and dolomite, those deposited from
saline waters - rock salt and gypsum
Metamorphic rocks
quartz, feldspar, amphiboles, pyroxenes,
micas, garnet chlorites, the carbonatesmetamorphosed limestone
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Q & A
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