Chapter 2: Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Word List

 

Atom

Ionic bond

Principal shell

Atomic Number

Isotope

Proton

Carbonates

Luster

Quartz

Cleavage

Mass number

Radioactive decay

Color

Metallic Bond

Renewable resources

Chemical bond

Mineral

Reserve

Chemical Compound

Mineral resource

Rock

Covalent bond

Mineralogy

Rock-forming minerals

Crystal shape

Mohs scale

Silicate

Density

Neutron

Silicon-oxygen tetrahedron

Electron

Nonrenewable resources

Specific gravity

Energy levels

Nonsilicates

Streak

Element

Nucleus

Tenacity

Feldspar

Octet Rule

Translucent

Fracture

Opaque

Transparent

Habit

Ore

Valence electrons

Hardness

Ore deposit

 

Ion

Periodic table

 

 

Highlighted words are from the 11th edition.

 

Words in Red Text are additional words which are in the key term list of Chapter 2 13th edition but were not on the key term list of the 11thedition