Minerals
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Minerals
Chapter 2
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Mineral: a naturally occurring substance formed
in the Earth• Inorganic• Solid substance
• Definite chemical composition
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How Minerals Form1. Crystallization from magma
2. Precipitation
3. Pressure and temperature
4. Hydrothermal solutions
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Mineral GroupsCan be classified based on their composition1. Silicates• Silicon and oxygen combine to form a structure
called the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
2. Carbonates• Minerals that contain the elements carbon, oxygen,
and one or more other metallic elements
3. Oxides• Minerals that contain oxygen and one or more other
elements, which are usually metals
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Mineral Groups4. Sulfates and Sulfides• Minerals that contain the element sulfur
5. Halides• Minerals that contain a halogen ion plus one
or more other elements
6. Native elements• Minerals that exist in relatively pure form
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Over 2,000 are known!
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Identifying Minerals: 1. Color
• Most easily observed property
• Yet, least useful property
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Identifying Minerals: ColorWhy it is the least useful property…
• Different minerals have the same color
• One mineral can have different colors
• Impurities can alter color• Some change color when exposed to
air• Light can distort color
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Identifying Minerals: 2. Luster
•Way a mineral shines
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Metallic: shines like polished metal
Pyrite“Fool’sGold”
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Nonmetallic: does not shine like metal
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Pearlylike a pearl
Talc
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Greasy
Turquoise
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Vitreouslike
shining glass
Amethyst
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Resinous
like wax
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Identifying Minerals: Luster
Dull or Earthy
Bauxite
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Identifying Minerals: 3. Crystal Shape
•The shape of a crystal results from the way the atoms of a mineral come together as the mineral forms
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Identifying Minerals: 4. Streak Test
•Color of a mineral’s powder form
•Usually, streak is not the same color as the mineral
•Streak doesn’t vary
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•Metallic mineral has dark streak
•Nonmetallic – colorless or light streak
Identifying Minerals: Streak Test
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Identifying Minerals: 5. Cleavage
• The splitting of a mineral along certain flat surfaces
• Related to the types of bonds in the internal structure of the mineral
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Identifying Minerals: Cleavage
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Mica Has Cleavage in One Direction
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Identifying Minerals: 6. Fracture
• the way a mineral tends to break –unevenly!!!
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Identifying Minerals: Fracture
jaggedSplintery
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Identifying Minerals: 7. Hardness
•Resistance to being scratched
•Moh’s hardness scale
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• Mohs Scale,
identified numerically by standard
minerals, from 1
(softest) to 10 (hardest):
• 1. Talc • 2. Gypsum • 3. Calcite • 4. Fluorite • 5. Apatite • 6. Orthoclase • 7. Quartz • 8. Topaz • 9. Corundum • 10. Diamond
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The Geologist Can Find An Ordinary Quartz, (that) Tourists Call
Diamond!
To remember the Mohs scale try remembering this
phrase:
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• You typically do not carry around a supply of the 10 minerals on the hardness scale. However, you can use the following items to help estimate the hardness of a mineral:
Tools for Testing Hardness
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Tools for Testing Hardness
• finger nail (H = 2.5)• penny (H = 3.5)• common nail (H = 4.5)• glass plate (H = 5.5)
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Identifying Minerals: Special Properties
•Acid test
http://www.westhamptonbeach.k12.ny.us/Teachers/Cohen/sciweb/earthscience/sedimentary/Mvc-327w.mpg
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Identifying Minerals: Special Properties
•Magnetic test
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Identifying Minerals: Special Properties
•Taste test
Some minerals have a distinct taste. Never do this test after the acid test!
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Quartz
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Feldspar
Mica
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Talc
Amphiboles
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Galena
Halite
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Biotite
Calcite
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Hematite
Pyrite
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Magnitie
Olivine
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Garnets