GEOL 110 - Lecture 2

Table of Contents

1. Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet
2. Properties of Minerals
3. Composition
4. Atomic Structure<
5. Elements
6. What is a mineral?
7. Physical Properties
8. Most Important Minerals
9. Fundamenntal Building Blocks
10. Objectives
11. What are the properties of minerals?
12. Luster and Crystal faces<
13. Density, Specific Gravity
14. Hardness
15. Hardness Scale
16. Fracture
17. Cleavage
18. Cleavage - Breaks
19. Color and Shape
20. Streak
21. 2.1 What are the properties of minerals?
22. 2.1 What are the properties of minerals?
23. 2.2 What are minerals composed of?
24. 2.2 What are minerals composed of?
25. 2.2 What are minerals composed of?
26. 2.2 What are minerals composed of?
27. 2.3 How do we know the atomic structure of minerals?
28. 2.3 How do we know the atomic structure of minerals?
29. 2.3 How do we know the atomic structure of minerals?
30. 2.3 How do we know the atomic structure of minerals?
31. 2.3 How do we know the atomic structure of minerals?
32. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
33. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
34. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
35. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
36. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
37. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
38. 2.4 Metallic Bonding
39. 2.4 van der Waals Forces
40. 2.4 Water
41. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
42. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
43. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
44. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
45. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
46. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
47. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
48. 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?
49. 2.5 What is a mineral?
50. 2.5 What is a mineral?
51. 2.5 What is a mineral?
52. 2.5 What is a mineral?
53. 2.5 What is a mineral?
54. 2.5 What is a mineral?
55. 2.5 What is a mineral?
56. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
57. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
58. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
59. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
60. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
61. 2.6 What determines the physical properties of minerals?
62. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
63. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
64. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
65. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
66. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
67. 2.7 What are the most important minerals?
68. 2.7 Silicate
69. 2.7 Nonsilicates
70. 2.7 Nonsilicates
71. 2.7 Nonsilicates