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CSIR Council of Scientific Industrial ResearchBHUBANESWAR 751013 REQUISITION FORM FOR GUEST HOUSE ACCOMMODATION 1 Name of the GuestsVisitors Names of the persons accompanying guestvi. Wednesday . 4. th. Feb. . 2015, . 6.00 PM for 6.30pm. AFES Meeting. : . Feb. . 2015. Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society is a registered Scottish Charity. Charity number SC039526.. .  . The Influence of Clay Mineralogy on Formation Damage in North Sea Hydrocarbon Reservoir Sandstones. Precambrian . Sheild. Is the most stable rock in Canada (is in Northern Canada). Was formed when two continents collided causing volcanoes to erupt and lava to build up. The tops of the mountains were worn down causing those minerals to stay there. These notes go on pages 5 and 7 of your INB!. http://www.mii.org/www.mii.org. General Facts about Minerals. Between 2 - 3,000 have been identified. A few are . “native elements” . -- made of only one element, such as sulfur, gold. copper, and graphite (carbon). Vitamins and Minerals. Sodium:. Functions. Fluid and electrolyte balance. .. Associated with blood pressure and pH balance . in the body.. Required for nerve impulse transmission. .. Assists in the transport of certain nutrients . naturally occurring, . inorganic solid . with a specific chemical composition . a definite crystalline structure. Minerals can form from the cooling of magma which is the molten material found beneath Earth’s surface as magma rises closer to the surface the molten compounds no longer move freely and they begin to interact chemically to form minerals. What are minerals?. Common rock-forming minerals. Physical properties of minerals. Basic rock types. The rock cycle. Minerals . Natural . Solid. Atoms arranged in orderly repeating 3D array: . crystalline. …the same type of mineral! They are examples of quartz!!. Haha! Tricked you! These are all…. There are over 3000 types of minerals in the Earth’s crust. As you could see with the quartz, often times even the . Mineral Characteristics. What is a mineral?. Naturally . occuring. Not . man-made. (synthetic) or biologically produced. . Pearls, . styrofoam. , charcoal are not minerals. Inorganic. Not formed from processes involving organisms (living or once living). A. Definition – four part definition. . . Naturally occurring. . . Inorganic substance (non-living). . . Crystalline solid. . . Definite chemical composition.  .  .  . There are substances that meet 3 of the 4 criteria, and are called . SCience. Mineral Qualities. What is a mineral?. To be a mineral a substance must have ALL of the following qualities. occur naturally. - . formed by nature, not by man. form from an inorganic process- . excludes synthetic minerals. inorganic. non living processes form them. chemically specific. has a unique proportion of elements. crystalline solid. atoms are arranged in specific 3-D patterns. Definition:. Rocks and Minerals. A rock is any solid mass of mineral, or mineral-like, matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet. . Most rocks, like the common rock granite, occur as aggregates of several different minerals. . Geo 281: geology for engineers. Geology and Geophysics Department. King Saud University. Minerals: Building. Blocks of Rocks. We begin our discussion of Earth . materials with . an overview of . mineralogy (mineral = mineral and Logy=Study) because . Background Information!. The Earth’s crust is made of mostly rocks and soil.. The rocks are made of different combinations of . minerals.. Minerals . are made of . elements. . (. Remember an element .