The geosphere

It is a solid, inorganic substance with a specific chemical composition. It is formed naturally.

• Stone

• Rock

• Mineral

• Cristal Shape

It is the colour of the mineral in powered form

• Colour

• Streak

• Lustre

• Cleavage

It is the tendency of a mineral to break along flat even surfaces

• Cleavage

• Hardness

• Lustre

• Crystal shape

It refers to a mineral's resistance to being scratched

• Cleavage

• Lustre

• Streak

• Hardness

Minerals which do not contain a combination of oxygen and silicon

• Silicates

• Carbonates

• Non-silicates

• Halides

Minerals that consist of carbon, oxygen and metals

• Silicates

• Non-silicates

• Halides

• Carbonates

Minerals that contain a metal and a fluoride or chloride.

• Halides

• Carbonates

• oxides

• Sulphides

These minerals contain sulphur, oxygen and a metal

• Sulfides

• Oxides

• Sulphates

• Carbonates

Minerals that contain suphur with another metal.

These minerals contain oxygen and at least one other metal