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a naturally occuring solid consisting on minerals or mineral-like substances
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Rock
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naturally occurring, generally inorganic, crystalline, solid, well defined composition
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Mineral
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the smallest individual particle that retains the properties of an element
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atom
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a substance that can not be decomposed into a simpler substance by ordinary or mechanical means
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element
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an atom or molecule where the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons
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ion
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a substance formed by the chemical bonding of 2 or more elements; most elements are naturally occurring
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compound
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the smallest unit that has distinct chemical properties of a compound
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molecule
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the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
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atomic number
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the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
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atomic mass
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elements with the same atomic number but different atomic masses
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isotope
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