Mineral Review

To what class of minerals do gold, silver, and copper
belong?

• carbonates

•       native elements

•    halides

• sulfates and sulfides

Major groups of minerals include

• oxides and carbonates.

• ions and isotopes.

• silicates and magnetics.

• inorganics and halides.

Minerals are classified according to their

• color.

•    origin.

• composition.

• specific gravity.

Crystallization from cooling magma describes one way that

• atoms bond.

• ions combine.

• protons attract electrons.

• minerals form.

Chemical bonds are likely to form when

• two atoms have the same number of electrons.

• an atom’s outer energy level doesn’t have the maximum
  number of electrons.

• an atom’s nucleus has the same number of protons as
  neutrons.

•             an atom’s outer energy level is filled.

A(n)     is the smallest particle of a covalent
compound that shows properties of the compound.

Minerals can form from very hot mixtures of water and dissolved
substances called         solutions.

Oxides are minerals that contain          as well as
other elements.

The most common group of minerals is the     
group.

gypsum (CaSO₄) belongs to the                                                  
mineral group.