GEOGRAPHY PROJECT

TERM 3
NAME=JEEVE RAI
ROLLNO= 21
CLASS = 6 C
SUBMIT TO = MS NEHA MANOCHA
METALLIC AND NON – METALLIC
METALS
what are minerals ?
A NATURALLY OCCURING INORGANIC ELEMENT OR COMPOUND
HAVING AN ORDERLY INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTIC
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION , CRYSTAL FORM , PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
MINERALS DIFFER FROM ROCKS , WHICH ARE NATURALLY OCCURING
SOLIDS COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE MINERALS .
CHARACTERISTICS
OF MINERALS
MINERALS ARE
NATURAL
MINERALS ARE
INORGANIC
MINERALS ARE SOLIDS
DEFINITE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION
CRYSTALLINE
STRUCTURE
NON METALLIC
MINERALS
LIMESTONE
Limestone is a sedimentary rock made of calcium
carbonate (CaCO3), usually in the form of calcite or
aragonite. ... However, minor constituents of clay, iron
carbonate, feldspar, pyrite, and quartz is also commonly
present. In many cases, the grains are microscopic
MICA
Micas are a group of minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can
easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates. This characteristic is described as perfect basal cleavage
Luster: pearly, vitreous
Streak: White, colorless
Fracture: flaky
Specific gravity: 2.8–3.0
Mohs scale hardness: 2.5–4 (lepidolite); 2.5–3 biotite; 2.5–3 phlogopite; 2–2.5 muscovite
Diagnostic features: cleavage
Category: Phyllosilicates
COAL
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock,
formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with
variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen,
and nitrogen. ... Coal is primarily used as a fuel.
NATURAL GAS
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture
consisting of methane and commonly including varying amounts
of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of
carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
PETROLEUM
Petroleum, also called crude oil, is a fossil fuel. Like coal and
natural gas, petroleum was formed from the remains of ancient
marine organisms, such as plants, algae, and bacteria. ... Today,
petroleum is found in vast underground reservoirs where ancient
seas were located.
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