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Content Practice A

1. Make a vertical four-tab book and label it (see below).

2. On your foldable under each tab, record information that you find in the textbook or online on

the following ways minerals are formed.

Title:

Mineral Formation

• From Cool Solutions

• From Hot Solutions

• From Magma

• From Solids

Identify the 5 main characteristics of a mineral

Minerals that occur on their own and not in a laboratory

1. Naturally Occurring

For example: Quartz, Feldspar, Olivine

Minerals contain only certain elements and nothing else.

2. Definite Chemical Composition

For example: Fe

= Hematite (only contains Fe & O)

Minerals form predictable crystal patterns

3. Crystalline Form

For example: All salt crystals have the same shape

Minerals are matter with tightly packed atoms and ions

4. Solid

For example: liquids and gases are not minerals

Minerals do not come from biological origins but can form through organic processes

5. Inorganic

For example: Bacon is not a mineral but a shell and teeth are made of minerals

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