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What is a mineral?
1. A mineral is always a ___________________________. Minerals cannot be liquids or gases.
2. A mineral must occur _____________________________ in the Earth’s crust. It cannot be a
manufactured or manmade item.
3. A mineral must be _________________________________ rather than organic. Organic materials are
formed from __________________________ things. Minerals must be made from materials that were
never living things.
4. A mineral has a ___________________ ______________________ ____________________________.
Minerals may be made of a single element. Some minerals are formed by compounds or combinations
of two or more elements.
5. The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a definite _________________________. This repeating pattern
is called a ____________________________.
S _______________________________________________
N _______________________________________________
I _______________________________________________
F _______________________________________________
C _______________________________________________
Circle the items below that meet all five characteristics of a mineral.
halite (salt)
diamond
ice
steel
coal
sugar
gold
graphite
silver
cement
wood
copper
oxygen
sulfur
glass
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