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Minerals

Minerals. Mineral – definition (5). __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________. Mineral Identification. 1. _____________ 2. ____________ 3. _____________ 4. ______________ 5. _____________. Hardness.

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Minerals

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  1. Minerals

  2. Mineral – definition (5) • __________________ • __________________ • __________________ • __________________ • __________________

  3. Mineral Identification • 1. _____________ • 2. ____________ • 3. _____________ • 4. ______________ • 5. _____________

  4. Hardness • Is measured by how _________________. • Geologists order the hardness by… • Scratched by a ___________ • Scratched by a ___________ • Scratched by a _________ • Scratched by a _____________ These are not all of the tools geologists use, but it will work for our experiment.

  5. Mineral Identification • Hardness – ____________________________ _________________________________________

  6. Mineral Systems • If space is not restricted, a mineral will exhibit a crystal pattern with a definite number of sides and specific angles.

  7. Mineral Identification • ______ – the color of the powdered form of a mineral

  8. Mineral Identification • Cleavage (flat surfaces) or Fracture (no flat surfaces) – the way a mineral __________

  9. Mineral Identification • Fracture: ___________________ • Ex. Quartz or obsidian

  10. Luster • _____________________________ ____________________________. • There are two types of luster, • ________looks like polished metal. • __________ does not look like polished metal. • Nonmetallic can be shiny or dull.

  11. Specific Gravity of a Mineral

  12. Review

  13. A mineral can be many different colors. Below is Mica.

  14. Discovery Channel : Minerals Notes from Video for Quiz : ____________________________ ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  15. QUARTZ (Silica) SiO2 CORUNDUM (Alumina) Al2O3 HEMATITE Fe2O3 CALCITE CaCO3 DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2 GYPSUM CaSO4 FLUORITE CaF2 PYRITE FeS2 OLIVINE (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 PYROXENE (Mg,Fe)SiO3 AMPHIBOLE (Ca2Mg5)Si8O22(OH)2 FELDSPARS Albite NaAlSi3O8 Orthoclase KAlSi3O8 Anorthite CaAl2Si2O8 KAOLINITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4 COMMON MINERALS IN THE EARTH

  16. Discovery Channel : Salt Notes from Video : ____________________________ ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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