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Minerals by Mind Map: Minerals

1. Properties

1.1. Color

1.1.1. It verys

1.2. Luster

1.2.1. Brillant

1.2.2. glassy

1.2.3. Dull

1.3. Hardness

1.3.1. Mohs Hardness scale

1.3.2. How hard it scrathces other items

1.4. Transparency

1.4.1. Opaque

1.4.2. Translucent

1.4.3. Transparent

1.5. Cyrstal Shape

1.5.1. Dondecahedron

1.5.2. Octahedron

1.5.3. Pyramid

1.5.4. Rectangle

1.5.5. Cubic

1.5.6. Irregular

1.6. Light Refraction

1.6.1. 1 image

1.6.2. 2 images

1.7. Acid Reaction

1.7.1. No Fizz

1.7.2. Fizz

1.8. Size

1.8.1. It verys

2. Natural, nonliving, solid matter, and crystal shape

2.1. Minerals are found inside of rocks

3. Facets

3.1. Little bubbles or matters that make up and that are inside the mineral

4. Different types of Minerals

4.1. Orthoclase

4.2. Calcite

4.3. Talc

4.4. Quartz

4.5. Topaz

4.6. Corundum

4.7. Aptite

4.8. Fluorite

4.9. Gypsum

4.10. Diamond

4.11. and many more...

5. Geoligist

5.1. Scientist that finds minerals and rocks

6. Rocks

6.1. Is a material that is formed by natural events of the earth

6.2. Covers a mineral

7. 3 types of Rocks

7.1. Sedimentary

7.1.1. sediments compacted so tight that forms into a rock

7.2. Metamorphic

7.2.1. Heat and pressure form these types of rocks

7.3. Igneous

7.3.1. Formed by when lava is hot then it cools and forms different rocks

8. Rocks:

8.1. Metamorphic

8.1.1. Phyllite

8.1.2. Gneiss

8.2. Igneous

8.2.1. Granite

8.2.2. Obsidian

8.2.3. Gabbro

8.3. Sedimentary

8.3.1. Limestone

8.3.2. Sandstone