The solid part
of the Earth

MINERALS

ROCKS

solid bodies

One or more
minerals

form rocks

Classified
by origin

Classified by
properties
Sedimentary
Colour

Lustre

Hardness

Igneous
magma

Particles of
other rocks

basalt
Hard &
resistan
t
diamon
d

Softer
& less
resistan
t

Metallic

gold
chalk

Nonmetallic

granite

Sulphur

yellow

Malachite

Erosion
layer

Compaction
layer
Sedimentation
layer

green
Breaks into
small
particles

Form
layers of
sediment

Metamorphical

Pressure
compacts
it

Under
Earth’s
surface

Heat

Sandstone or
Conglomerat
e

Under
pressur
e
Slate

Solid part of the earth

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    The solid part ofthe Earth MINERALS ROCKS solid bodies One or more minerals form rocks Classified by origin Classified by properties Sedimentary Colour Lustre Hardness Igneous magma Particles of other rocks basalt Hard & resistan t diamon d Softer & less resistan t Metallic gold chalk Nonmetallic granite Sulphur yellow Malachite Erosion layer Compaction layer Sedimentation layer green Breaks into small particles Form layers of sediment Metamorphical Pressure compacts it Under Earth’s surface Heat Sandstone or Conglomerat e Under pressur e Slate