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The Minerals and Rocks. - Coggle Diagram
The Minerals and Rocks.
Rocks.
The rocks is substances and is made up by combinations of minerals.
Minerals.
Minerals are the susbtances that make the rocks.
Needs to have a chemical composition defined.
Needs to have natural origin.
Needs to be inorganic.
Needs to be solid at room temperature.
Two tipes of minerals.
Silicates.
They are composed by oxygen and silicon. (SiOc2)
Non silicates.
They are formed with outher compoused and don't contain silicon there are some groups:
Sulphides.
They are composed by sulphur and a metal.
Carbonates.
They are composed by carbon oxygen and a metal.
Oxides.
They are composed by oxygen and other element.
Halides.
They are composed by a metal and chloride and fluoride.
The native elements they are made for a simple element
Minerals that are composed by just one element.