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1. WHAT IS A MINERAL
A mineral is a solid, crystalline, natural, inorganic body with a chemical
composition.
2. MINERALS PROPERTIES
C. Exfoliation: Ability to break into thin sheets when struck in certain directions.
Like graphite and mica.
5. WHAT IS A ROCK
Rocks are aggregates of minerals that formed in the same natural process.
Being a union of several minerals, rocks are heterogeneous systems.
Some rocks have not been formed from minerals, but from remains of animals
or plants. Thus oil and coal were formed.
IGNEAS: Igneous rocks have been formed by the cooling of magma: granite,
basalt
METAMORPHICS: When a rock is buried and subjected to high pressures and
temperatures it undergoes a change called metamorphism and the rock that
forms is called metamorphic: Slate and marble.
SEDIMENTARIES: Some minerals are deposited at the bottom of seas and
oceans in layers called sediments. These sediments, by the weight of
sediments that are placed on top, end up compacting and forming sedimentary
rocks: coal and oil, conglomerate, sandstones and clays.
7. MAIN USES OF ROCKS
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the first page for the cover: title, your name and a drawing
It must be written by hand.
In questions 1 to 8 you don´t need to write a lot.
Don´t copy long sentences you don´t understand.
Drawings or pictures in the questions are welcome but no compulsory.