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Substances that are found naturally in the earth and have a crystalline structure

• Minerals
• Magma
• Tectonic Plates
• Crust

The branch of geology that deals with the indentification and classification of minerals

• Mineralogy
• Seismology
• Volcanology
• Geology

The small group of minerals that consists of substances that exist naturally in the earth's crust as single, uncombined elements.

• Native Elements
• Halides
• Oxides
• Silicates

The group of minerals that consists of compounds made with the elements flourine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

• Halides
• Oxides
• Phosphates
• Carbonates

Group of minerals that contain the element sulfur.

• Sulfides
• Oxides
• Halides
• Silicates

The group of minerals that contain the element oxygen bonded to a metal.

• Oxides
• Carbonates
• Sulfides
• Phosphates

The group of minerals that contain carbon bonded to oxygen.

• Carbonates
• Oxides
• Halides
• Silicates

The group of minerals containing the element phosphorus bonded to four oxygen atoms.

• Phosphates
• Silicates
• Oxides
• Sulfides

The largest group of minerals.

• Silicates
• Sulfieds
• Oxides
• Halides

The one characteristics shared by all minerals is that they form.

• Crystals
• Spheres
• Cylinders
• Cubes