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Understanding Minerals: A Quick Guide

Learn to differentiate between minerals and non-minerals using a T-chart. Identify various items like gold, fossils, quartz, and more. Understand the characteristics of minerals and how to classify them.

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Understanding Minerals: A Quick Guide

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  1. 1/26--It’s a Mineral….or is it? • Draw a T-chart in your notebook. • Mineral/Non-mineral • For each picture that you see, write the item under either Mineral or Non-mineral.

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  3. 2 Gold

  4. 3 Fossil

  5. 4 Topaz

  6. 5 Bones

  7. 6 Granite

  8. 7 Quartz

  9. 8 Pearls

  10. 9 Talc

  11. 10 Icebergs

  12. 11 Diamond

  13. 12 Coal

  14. 13 Rock Salt

  15. So…what do you think? • Minerals • Non-Minerals

  16. And the answers are… • Minerals • Gold • Topaz • Quartz • Talc • Iceberg* • Diamonds • Non-Minerals • Wood - once living • Fossils – once living • Bone - living material • Granite - intrusive igneous rock • Pearls – made by oysters • Coal - Sedimentary rock • Rock Salt – Sedimentary rock According to IMA – ice is listed as a mineral

  17. A mineral is…

  18. What is a mineral? A mineral is a naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure.

  19. What is a mineral? • Solid • Cannot be a liquid or a gas • Naturally Occurring • Found in nature, not man-made • Inorganic • Is not alive and never was, non-living • Fixed composition • Has a chemical formula, most are formed from compounds of two or more elements, some minerals consist of one element ex. Au • Crystal Form • A definite structure in which atoms are arranged

  20. Questions to ask yourself when determining if an item is a mineral or not: • Is it non-living material? • Is it a solid? • Is it formed in nature? • Does it have a crystalline structure?

  21. How can you classify minerals? • Use the minerals and tools to determine a list of properties (characteristics) that you could use to separate one mineral from another

  22. Properties we came up with…

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