A Mineral is......

There are five things make up a mineral:
     1) has to be naturally occuring
     2) inorganic
     3) crystalline structure
     4) orderly internal structure
     5) definite chemical composition

The graph to the right is the eight most common elements on earth.

Bonds/Crystals

Q: What do elements form when they bond together?
A: COMPOUNDS! and more specific, crystals.
     There are two types of bonding: covalent and ionic.
     Covalent bonding occurs when electrons are shared between elements and ionic bonding occurs 
     when electrons are borrowed between elements.


Magic Salt Crystal Garden