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Rock forming minerals.
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What is a mineral?
A mineral is an element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline and has been formed as a result of geological processes.
Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic crystalline compounds with a definite chemical composition.
Minerals are;
Solid
Made of atoms
Have a fixed chemical composition
crystal lattice with a regular repeating pattern
What is a crystal?
A crystal grows by minerals adding atoms around their margins.
They develop their shapes due to atom arrangement developing a CRYSTAL. A clean, well developed crystal is known as euhedral, whereas the opposite of this is known as Anhedral.
Mineral identification
Habit
Colour
Hardness
Cleavage
Fracture
Lustre
Specific gravity
Streak
Rock Forming Minerals
Minerals
Rock forming minerals
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