'Common rock forming minerals' presentation slideshows

Minerals and Rocks

Minerals and Rocks. Lecture Outline. What are minerals? Common rock-forming minerals Physical properties of minerals Basic rock types The rock cycle. Minerals. A mineral is a naturally occurring, solid crystalline substance, generally inorganic, with a specific chemical composition.

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Chapter 3 Matter and Minerals

Chapter 3 Matter and Minerals. Minerals : Building blocks of rocks. By definition a mineral is Naturally occurring Inorganic solid Ordered internal molecular structure Definite chemical composition Rock A solid aggregate of minerals. Composition of minerals. Elements

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What is a Mineral?

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3.1 MINERALS

3.1 MINERALS. WHAT IS A MINERAL?. Naturally occurring Inorganic Crystalline structure Solid Fixed chemical composition. CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALS. All minerals contain one or more of the naturally occurring elements (about 90). CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALS.

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Reading list:

Weathering. Reading list: Brantley, S., and 26 others, 2011, 12 testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering, Geobiology, 9, 140-165. Hamblin, W.K. and Dr. Eric H. Christiansen, E.H., 2004, Chapter 10 - Weathering, Earth's Dynamic Systems, Tenth Edition, Prentice Hall.

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Mineral Identification

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Mineral Identification

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