Minerals 1-1

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mineral

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a mineral is a naturally occuring, inorganic, solid, with a crystaline shape, and a definite chemical composition

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how many different types of mineral are found on earth

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4000

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crystaline

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atoms are arranged in a repeating pattern

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crystals

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a solid in which the atoms are arranged in orderly repeatting pattern

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what are the 6 major crystaline structures

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monoclinic, triclinic, cubic, orthorombic, hexigonal, tetragonal

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magma and process of minerals being created

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a molten rock beneath the earth's surface. As magma cools, molecules and compounds arrange themselves into reapeating patterns. The minerals that form are determined by the elements that are present slowly-big fast-small

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lava

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is a molten rock at the earth's surface. it cools so quickly that little or no crystals form

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crystals from solutions

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crystals can form minerals dissolved in water in 2 ways
As water evaporates the minerals are left behind to form crystals
if too much of a substance is present in water ions (charged atoms) come together to form crystals within the water of the solution

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Silicates

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a group of minerals that form most rocks . Usu

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Silicates

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a group of minerals that form most rocks silicates are usually predominatly made of oxygen and silicon which are the two most abundent elements in the earth's crust

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Give an example of a common silicate.

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quartz