Slide 1Earth Science Unit 1.3 Rocks & Minerals Slide 2 ELEMENTS EIGHT ELEMENTS MAKE UP MOST OF ALL MINERALS ON THE EARTH –Elements combine to form Minerals LISTED IN…

1. By: Edward Liu 2. You have probably heard the word mineral before. Well, what are minerals? Some might say rocks, others might say gems, and both would be correct. Minerals…

Slide 1 Minerals of Earth’s Crust Chapter 5 Slide 2 What is a mineral? A natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal…

Slide 1 What is a mineral? A mineral is a (1)naturally occurring (2)inorganic, (3)solid with a (4)definite chemical composition and (5)crystalline structure. There are over…

Slide 1 Bell Work 9/2/14 1 1.What element is Group 1 and Period 4? Potassium 2. What is that element’s atomic number? 19 3. How many electrons does it have? 19 4. What…

Slide 1 Minerals of the Earth’s Crust Fluorescence is the ability that some minerals have to glow under ultraviolet light. The beauty of mineral fluorescence is well represented…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Minerals Building blocks of rocks and our Earth. Chapter 29 section 3 Slide 3 What is A Mineral? Mineral - a solid, naturally-occurring, inorganic element…

Minerals What is a Mineral A mineral is a natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristics chemical composition, an orderly structure, and a characteristic set…

Minerals Minerals are pure substances. Hematite â¦with definite atomic structures. Diamond and Graphite are both made out of the element CARBON (C). Minerals are⦠Solid…

EARTH MATERIALS 2.07 Professor Peter Doyle [email protected] [email protected] Course aims Aims to understand: the basic nature of the principal rock forming…