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Rock & Mineral Exploration Guide

Discover the differences between rocks and minerals, where to find them, and their unique characteristics. Learn about the rock cycle, major rock types, and fascinating mineral properties. Engaging for both beginners and enthusiasts.

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Rock & Mineral Exploration Guide

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  1. Rocks&Minerals Rocks & Minerals Li Chung Ming, Pavel Zinin

  2. Can you tell which is a rock, and which is a mineral?

  3. Where can we find rocks?

  4. Where can we find rocks?

  5. Where can we find rocks? Soil Bed Rocks

  6. Are all the rocks the same?

  7. Not reallyDifferent places may have very different types of rocks

  8. How different are these rocks?

  9. They are different in color

  10. How different are these rocks?

  11. They are different in shape angular boulders round boulders

  12. How different are these rocks?

  13. They are different in texture no pores many pores

  14. How different are these rocks?

  15. They are different in grain size coarse grain fine grain

  16. How different are these rocks?

  17. They are different in mineral distribution very random very organized

  18. How different are these rocks?

  19. They are differentin structure massive (hard to break apart) plate-like (easy to break apart)

  20. Geologist dividesthe rocksintothree major types

  21. (A) igneous rocks -- from fire

  22. (B) Sedimentary rocks-- from water

  23. (C) Metamorphic rocks – rocks that have been changed

  24. Rock Cycle (See Video Clip)

  25. What is a mineral? A mineral is from nature Diamond in kimberlite pipe, S. Africa

  26. What is a mineral? A mineral has a fixed composition diamond carbon (C)

  27. What is a mineral? A mineral has its atoms arranged regularly.

  28. Rocks & Minerals A rock is an aggregate of minerals. Minerals make up the rocks.

  29. The hardest mineral on earth

  30. The most abundant mineral on the earth’s surface quartz (rock crystal)

  31. The mineral that splits the light calcite (CaCO3)

  32. The mineral that we eat daily Halite (table salt) --NaCl

  33. The mineral that likes a stack of papers mica – a sheet silicate

  34. The mineral that attracts iron metals magnetite – an iron oxide (Fe3O4)

  35. The green mineral in Hawaii Olivine – a silicate

  36. The yellow mineral that fools many people Pyrite (fool’s gold) an iron sulfide (FeS2)

  37. The rock that floats on water Pumice – a volcanic rock

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