Minerals!!!!

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Minerals!!!!

• An introduction to the world of minerals

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Minerals

• There are over 3,000 kinds of minerals, only
  about 30 are common, the rest are rare.

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Minerals-What are they?

• Minerals are the building blocks of rocks.

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Minerals-What are they?

• Minerals can be rare and beautiful.

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Minerals-What are they?

• Minerals can be useful in objects and for our
  health.

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Minerals-Where are they found?

• Minerals exist all over the world

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Minerals-Where are they found?

• Minerals are formed as rocks or left behind after
  water has evaporated away.

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Mineral Characteristics

• To be a mineral, the substance must have all of
  the five following characteristics

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Characteristics of a Mineral

1. All minerals are made naturally by the Earth.

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Mineral Characteristics

• 2. Minerals are inorganic. They are not made by
  and do not contain living or once living things.

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Mineral Characteristics

• 3. Minerals are always a solid.

YES!!!
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Mineral Characteristics

1. Minerals have an orderly arrangement of repeating
   atom patterns. (crystals)

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Mineral Characteristics

• More Mineral shapes

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Mineral Characteristics

• Minerals have a definite chemical composition. (a
  specific recipe)

For example, diamonds are always made of Carbon
(C) only.
Salt is always made of Sodium and Chloride (NaCl)
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Mineral CharacteristicsA summary

• Naturally formed
• Inorganic
• Solid
• Contains a repeating pattern of atoms
• Definite chemical composition

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Am I a mineral???

• A Review Quiz

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1. Am I a mineral?

• A Glacier

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2. Am I a mineral?

• A Gold Nugget

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3. Am I a mineral?

• A Sea Shell

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4. Am I a mineral?

• A Quartz Crystal

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5. Am I a mineral?

• A Raindrop

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6. Am I a mineral?

• A diamond still embedded in a rock

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7. Am I a mineral?

• A Fossil

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8. Am I a mineral?

• A lump of coal

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9. Am I a mineral?

• Man-made diamonds

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10. Am I a mineral?

• Iron Pyrite
• (Fools Gold)

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11. Am I a mineral?

• A Snowflake

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12. Am I a mineral?

• An Ice Cube

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Answers
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1. Am I a mineral?

• A Glacier
• Yes!

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2. Am I a mineral?

• A Gold Nugget
• Yes!

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3. Am I a mineral?

• A Sea Shell
• No-made by a living thing

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4. Am I a mineral?

• A Quartz Crystal
• Yes!

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5. Am I a mineral?

• A Raindrop
• No-not a solid

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6. Am I a mineral?

• A diamond still embedded in a rock
• Yes!

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7. Am I a mineral?

• A Fossil
• No-was once a living thing

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8. Am I a mineral?

• A lump of coal
• No-was once a living thing (plants)

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9. Am I a mineral?

• Man-made diamonds
• No-not naturally made

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10. Am I a mineral?

• Iron Pyrite
• (Fools Gold)
• Yes!

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11. Am I a mineral?

• A Snowflake
• Yes!

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12. Am I a mineral?

• An Ice Cube
• No-not naturally made

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The End
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Homework Corrections

• 5 characteristics shared by all minerals
• Naturally formed
• Inorganic
• Solid
• Contains a repeating pattern of atoms
• Definite chemical composition

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Salt

• MINERAL!

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Cement

• Non-Mineral
• Man-Made

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Wood

• Non-mineral
• Not inorganic (from a plant)

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Copper

• MINERAL

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Sugar

• Non-mineral
• From a plant (not inorganic)

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Oxygen

• Non-mineral
• Not a solid

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Silver

• MINERAL!

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Snowflake

• MINERAL!

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Seashell

• Non-mineral
• Made by an animal (not inorganic)

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Raindrops

• Non-mineral
• Not a solid

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Diamonds

• MINERAL!