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Grade

11

Earth and Life


Science:
What are Minerals?
Minerals are the building blocks of
rocks.

Mineralogists use the criteria to


determine whether a material is
classified as a mineral or not.
Characteristics of Minerals
Naturally occurring -
term which identifies Inorganic – means a
mineral as part of substance is not a

01 02
earth’s natural product of an organism
processes.

Homogeneous solid – Definite chemical


minerals should have composition –
definite volume and represented by a
rigid shape
03 04
chemical formula

Orderly crystalline
structure – atoms of
minerals are arranged
in an orderly and
repeating pattern
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words
The properties of minerals

a. Color b. Streak
Mineral’s color may change Color of mineral in
depending on the surface powdered form

c. Cleavage d. Hardness
Mineral’s resistance to being
broken and fracture Minerals resistance
scratching
Mohs hardness scale
Hardness Mineral Observations Hardness Mineral Observations

1 Talc Very soft 6 Orthoclase Hard

2 Gypsum Very soft 7 Quartz Hard

3 Calcite Soft 8 Topaz Very hard

4 Fluorite Soft 9 Corundum Very hard

5 Apatite Soft 10 Diamond Very hard


Did you know?
The Mohs scale (pronounced MOZE) was
introduced in 1822. It originated when
Friedrich Mohs chose ten minerals and assigned
numbers to them based on the relative case or
difficulty in which stone can be scratched by
another.
The properties of minerals
e. Crystalline f. Diaphaneity
Or amount of transparency
Structure or habit - ability to allow light to pass
through it. This is affected
by chemical makeup of the
mineral sample

g. Luster h. Sectility
How light reflected of a
surface Ability of minerals to be
sliced by a knife
The properties of minerals
i. Tenacity
Describes the minerals reaction to stress

 Brittleness- a mineral turns into powder


 Malleability- a mineral can be flattened by pounding with a hammer
 Ductility- a mineral can be stretched into wire
 Flexible but inelastic- minerals are bent but they remain in the new
position
 Flexible and elastic- minerals are bent, and they bring back to their
original position.

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