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Lesson 5: Minerals and their Characteristics Flashcards

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The building blocks of rocks

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Mineral

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Mineral or Not

Gold

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Mineral, since it is naturally inorganic solid.

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Mineral or Not

Granite

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Not, since granite is rock.

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4
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Mineral or Not

Amber

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Not, because it is organic.

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Mineral or Not

Hermatite

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Mineral, since it is naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a definite chemical composition.

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Mineral or Not

Quartz

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Mineral, since it is naturally occurring inorganic solid.

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7
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Mineral or Not

Graphite (pencil)

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Mineral

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Mineral or Not

Halite (salt)

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Mineral

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characteristics of minerals

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  • naturally occurring
  • inorganic
  • homogenous solid
  • definite chemical composition
  • orderly crystalline structure
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the one who study the mineral

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mineralogist

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