L1.1: 5 Factors of Minerals

• Minerals

  ○ Naturally occurring inorganic elements or compounds having an ordered internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Naturally Occurring

  ● Inorganic

  ● Solid

  ● Definite Chemical Composition

  ● Ordered Internal Structure
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Naturally Occurring

  ○ Found in nature.
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Inorganic

  ○ Did not come from things that were once alive.
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Solid

  ○ Not liquid nor gas at standard temperature (273.15K) and pressure (1 atm).
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Definite Chemical Composition

  ○ Identity and number of elements that make up the substance.
• FIVE FACTORS OF MINERALS

  ● Ordered Internal Structure

  ○ Atoms are arranged in a systematic and repeating pattern.