Earth Science Unit 1.3 Rocks & Minerals. ELEMENTS EIGHT ELEMENTS MAKE UP MOST OF ALL MINERALS ON THE EARTH –Elements combine to form Minerals LISTED IN.
Minerals
Science Form 3 Chapter 6
Begin! Guided Reading Activity Section 1 – What Is a Mineral? It is nonliving It has a crystalline structure It is a solid It is formed in nature It.
Minerals of Earth’s Crust Chapter 5. What is a mineral? A natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly.
What is a mineral? A mineral is a (1)naturally occurring (2)inorganic, (3)solid with a (4)definite chemical composition and (5)crystalline structure. There.
Bell Work 9/2/14 1 1.What element is Group 1 and Period 4? Potassium 2. What is that element’s atomic number? 19 3. How many electrons does it have? 19.
All rocks are heavy. True or False A heavy piece of rock? Think again!
1) Elemental Form e.g. Ag, Au, Pt – noble metals. 2) Aluminosilicates and Silicates Metal + Al, Si, O e.g. Beryl = Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 Hard to extract.
Minerals Building blocks of rocks and our Earth. Chapter 29 section 3.
Minerals. Minerals are pure substances. Hematite.
