ROCKS Ms. McDonald’s 3 rd Grade
Gypsum Allison Vessell
Description White Gray
Where is it found? Brazil Jamaica England Ireland Oklahoma
Uses Wallboard Plaster of Paris Casts Fertilizer
Information mexico.com/about_gypsum.htm
Quartzite Daniel Pelletier
Description White, gray, pink Massive hard
Where is it found? United States United Kingdom Canada
Uses Instead of jade Jewelry Statues Decorations
Information lry-information/3165-meaning-and- symbology-of-gemstones-%E2%80%93- jade-part-four/ lry-information/3165-meaning-and- symbology-of-gemstones-%E2%80%93- jade-part-four/
Limestone Desiree Lewis
Description A light green smooth rock.
Where it is found? Near water
Uses You can use it for building things like roads, buildings. Toothpaste Cement
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Graphite Evan Luke Carden
Description It is a powder It is black and gray
Where it is found China Brazil india
Uses Used for roads Used for gravel
Information I found my info on Geogle.com
Granite Garrett Goodspeed
Description Dull black Hard Spots on it
Where is it found China United States Mississippi
Uses Drive way floor tile Counter tops
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Shale Grace Mallon
Description Dull gray Has amounts of Quartz Can be yellow, red, green Splits easily
Where is it found? Most places all over the world In deltas and from rivers Sometimes on beaches Brazil, China, almost anywhere
Uses Filler in paint Plastic Roofing cements Manufacture of bricks
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Basalt Hunter Duffey
Description Basalt grey and black
Where is it found? It can be under ground on the surface or found in a river
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Gneiss Jasmine Stargel
Description Gneiss is grey or pink with layered streaks.
Where is it found? All parts of the earth it can be found in Texas and Georgia and Tennessee.
Uses To make building materials such as flooring,Cabinets, counter tope also gravestones.
Information. Computer and books And my mom
Calcite Jonathan Vincent
Description Colorless or white Vitreous luster Cleavage is perfect in 3 directions
Uses Glass Building
Where is it found? Calcite is mostly found in Sedimentary rock. Iceland New Mexico
Information alcite.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/c alcite.htm
Kaolinite Joshua Woodard
Where is it found? Brazil France England U.S. China India
Uses Earthy and used on face.
What does it look like? Red sometime it can be blue, or brown.
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Talc Justice Lorie Starks
Description Talc is the softest mineral in the world Talc is hydrated magnesium
Where is it found? Talc is found in the United States and New York
Uses Talc is made into bathrooms and bathroom supplies. It is used to make paints too.
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Schist Kendall Scoot Smith
Description Used on houses
Where it is found Old deep bed rock Brooklyn
uses Construction on houses
information Nycgo.com
Grabbro Kimberly Hatfield
Description It is brown It is hard It is rough
Where it is found? Rock creek canyon Sierra Nevada California USA Mountains
Uses Counter Tops Headstones Pavers
Information counter-tops.html
Pumice Nakayla Daniel
Description It has a lot of holes. It looks like stone.
Where is it found? It is from near volcanoes Italy Chile Greece Spain Turkey U.S.- Arizona, New Mexico, California and Oregon
Uses It is used for Oxi Clean and other cleaners. In polishing Removes hard skin
Information I found my info at google.com.
Sand Stone Paige Heizer
Description
Where is it found?
Information Sandstone is a sedimemtary rock.
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Slate Samuel J. Moran
Description Slate is gray
Uses Slate is used in bricks and buildings.
Where it is found ? It is a metamorphic rock that changes into slate from the sedimentary rock slate. Slate is found in most places in the world.
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Magnetite Shawn wiley
Description The rock looks likes brown
Location The rock is uese Rocks is uese for clips
Uses The rock can find in
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Where is it found? The rock ha
Chalk Trey Lovitt
Description It white and smooth and soft and riet.
Where is it found? England
Uses Chalk and chalkboard sports,
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Sulphur Zach Brown
Description It is a ball IT has rough sides Has sharp points
Where it is found It is found in astra It is found in Texas
Uses It is used for medicine. It is used to make. Trains. It is used for jewelry.
Information IT is a yellow ball. It is rough.