Minerals

What is the definition of a mineral?

What is a crystal?

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

Why isn’t a piece of glass considered a mineral even if it’s naturally occurring?

What is crystal structure?

What are polymorphs?

What are the properties we use to identify minerals?

What is the structure found in silicate minerals that can be arranged into many different geometries?

What are the major mineral classes?

What are the three types of rocks?

How does each rock form?

What are the characteristics we use to describe rocks?

What are the different scales at which we observe rocks?