Minerals Facts
Minerals Facts
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| Interesting Minerals Facts: |
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| Scientists have stated that there are over 3,000 different types of minerals. |
| When two or more minerals combine together, they form a rock. |
| The most common mineral found on Earth is called quartz. |
| All minerals are inorganic because they are made of nonliving particles. |
| Minerals are always solid and have a distinctive geometric shape called a crystalline structure. |
| Each kind of mineral has the same set of chemicals in its make-up. |
| The mineral quartz always contains two oxygen atoms for every silicon atom. |
| Mineral crystals are so small that they can only be viewed under a microscope. |
| The cooling process of magma determines the size of the crystals that form in a mineral. |
| When magma cools at a slow rate, large mineral crystals are produced. |
| When magma cools at a fast rate, small mineral crystals are produced. |
| Olivine is a mineral often used to cast objects in aluminum. |
| The minerals our bodies need are different from the minerals found on Earth. Our body actually needs the elements found within the minerals. |
| The mineral feldspar covers about 60% of the Earth's crust and is used in the making of ceramics. |
| Plagioclase is a mineral within the same family as the mineral feldspar and is used to identify the origin of igneous rocks. |
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