Types of Minerals By: Collins & Emma. Minerals A mineral is a naturally formed, inorganic with a...

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Types of Minerals

By: Collins & Emma

Minerals

• A mineral is a naturally formed, inorganic with a crystalline structure.

Elements!

• Are pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances!

Atoms

• An atom is the smallest part of an element that has all the properties of an element.

• Atoms are EVERYWHERE!

Compound!

• A compound is a substance made out of two or more element.

• A metamorphic rock is a compound.

Crystals

• Crystals are a compound!

• What we have learned is that there are a lot of different kinds of compounds and it will help us when we get older with……….Everything!