1. 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
diamond
Softer
& less
resistan
t
Metallic
Sulphur
Malachite
Erosion
Compaction
Under
Earth’s
surface
Heat
Sedimentation
gold
chalk
Nonmetallic
Metamorphical
granite
yellow
Pressure
compacts
green
Breaks into
small
particles
Form
layers of
sediment
Sandstone or
Conglomerat
e
Under
pressur
e
Slate