The following are key concepts that you should be familiar with after reading and studying Chapter 2: Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks. To evaluate your understanding of any of the key concepts, select the corresponding Concept Quiz from the Selection Bar and answer the questions provided.
- Definitions and differences between minerals and rocks.
- Basics of minerals: Elements, atoms, and atomic bonds.
- Building minerals: Atomic structure and factors of crystal form.
- Primary and secondary diagnostic properties of minerals.
- The rock-forming minerals and the composition of the crust.
- The silicate minerals.
- Non-silicate minerals.
- Mineral resources.
