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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MINERALS!!!!
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EARTH’S CRUST DID YOU KNOW THAT..
MINERALS ARE FOUND IN THE ROCKS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST
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ROCKS ARE MADE OF MINERALS, BUT MINERALS ARE NOT MADE OF ROCKS!!
DID YOU KNOW THAT.. ROCKS ARE MADE OF MINERALS, BUT MINERALS ARE NOT MADE OF ROCKS!!
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DID YOU KNOW… MINERALS ARE… NATURALLY FORMED…
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NATURALLY FORMED THAT MEANS CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS MADE BY MR. L, MRS. MCFARLANE, MRS.PERKINS, YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT MINERALS!
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DID YOU KNOW… MINERALS ARE… INORGANIC…
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NOT MADE OF LIVING THINGS NOT ALIVE GET THE PICTURE!!
INORGANIC MEANS… NON-LIVING NOT MADE OF LIVING THINGS NOT ALIVE GET THE PICTURE!!
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SOLID…LIKE A BRICK WALL NO LIQUIDS OR GASES
DID YOU KNOW… MINERALS ARE.. SOLID…LIKE A BRICK WALL NO LIQUIDS OR GASES
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CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE..THAT REPEATS…
DID YOU KNOW.. MINERALS HAVE A.. CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE..THAT REPEATS…
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CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE
HMMM… MINERALS ARE… CRYSTALS..WITH A REPEATING INNER STRUCTURE THAT IS OFTEN REFLECTED IN THE SHAPE OF THE MINERAL
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DID YOU KNOW THAT.. ELEMENTS ARE PURE SUBSTANCES THAT CAN’T BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLER SUBSTANCES BY ORDINARY CHEMICAL MEANS EACH ELEMENT IS MADE OF ONE KIND OF ATOM AN ATOM IS THE SMALLEST PART OF AN ELEMENT A COMPOUND IS MADE OF 2 OR MORE ELEMENTS CHEMICALLY JOINED MINERALS ARE MADE OF ATOMS OF ONE OR MORE ELEMENTS MOST MINERALS ARE MADE OF COMPOUNDS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
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DID YOU KNOW.. SOLID GEOMETRIC FORM OF MINERALS REPEATING PATTERN
CRYSTALS… SOLID GEOMETRIC FORM OF MINERALS REPEATING PATTERN MINERALS COMPOSED OF ATOMS THAT ARE ARRANGED IN A REPEATING 3-D PATTERN.
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MAKE UP 90% OF EARTH’S CRUST
DID YOU KNOW… SILICATE MINERALS CONTAIN.. SILICON AND OXYGEN MAKE UP 90% OF EARTH’S CRUST
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DO NOT CONTAIN SILICON AND OXYGEN MAKE UP 10% OF EARTH’S CRUST
DID YOU KNOW… NON-SILICATE MINERALS.. DO NOT CONTAIN SILICON AND OXYGEN MAKE UP 10% OF EARTH’S CRUST
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HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MINERALS?
LET’S START WITH… 1. COLOR- VARIETY OF COLORS FOR MINERALS MANY IMPURITIES NOT BEST WAY TO IDENTIFY MINERAL
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DID YOU KNOW THAT LUSTER IS..
THE WAY A SURFACE REFLECTS LIGHT.. SHINY, DULL METALLIC EARTHY WAXY
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DID YOU KNOW THAT STREAK IS..
THE COLOR OF A MINERAL IN POWDERED FORM A THIN LAYER OF POWDERED MINERAL CAN BE FOUND BY..
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RUBBING THE MINERAL AGAINST A STREAK PLATE MARK LEFT IS THE STREAK
STREAK CAN BE FOUND BY.. RUBBING THE MINERAL AGAINST A STREAK PLATE MARK LEFT IS THE STREAK COLOR OF STREAK IS NOT ALWAYS SAME AS COLOR OF MINERAL SAMPLE
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DID YOU KNOW… DIFFERENT TYPES OF MINERALS BREAK IN DIFFERENT WAYS..
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DID YOU KNOW THAT CLEAVAGE IS..
WHEN SOME MINERALS BREAK ALONG SMOOTH, FLAT SURFACES PERFECT BREAK EVEN PIECES
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DID YOU KNOW THAT FRACTURE IS..
WHEN SOME MINERALS BREAK UNEVENLY ALONG CURVED OR IRREGULAR SURFACES.. ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SIZED PIECES NOT PERFECT PIECES ANY ARRANGEMENT
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HARDNESS DID YOU KNOW THAT…
A MINERAL’S RESISTANCE TO BEING SCRATCHED IS CALLED HARDNESS
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DID YOU KNOW TO DETERMINE THE HARDNESS..
SCIENTISTS USE THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
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ONE IS SOFT(TALC) 10 IS HARD(DIAMOND) DID YOU KNOW…
THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALE RANGES FROM 1 TO 10. ONE IS SOFT(TALC) 10 IS HARD(DIAMOND)
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DID YOU KNOW… A MINERAL OF A GIVEN HARDNESS WILL SCRATCH ANY MINERAL THAT IS SOFTER THAN IT IS.. IF THE REFERENCE MINERAL SCRATCHES YOUR MINERAL, THE REFERENCE MINERAL IS HARDER THAN YOUR MINERAL
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WHAT WOULD A… 8 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE BE LIKE?
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DID YOU KNOW… DENSITY IS THE MEASURE OF HOW MUCH MATTER IS IN A GIVEN AMOUNT OF SPACE OCEANIC CRUST IS DENSER AND SUBDUCTS UNDER CONTINENTAL CRUST WHAT’S ANOTHER WORD FOR “SUBDUCTION?”
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DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME MINERALS HAVE SPECIAL PROPERTIES.
LIKE.. FLUORESCENCE-GLOWING UNDER UV LIGHT CALCITE AND FLUORITE
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CHEMICAL REACTION DID YOU KNOW THAT..
CALCITE WILL BECOME BUBBLY OR FIZZ WHEN A DROP OF WEAK ACID IS PLACED ON IT.. THIS REPRESENTS A.. CHEMICAL REACTION
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DID YOU KNOW THAT.. WHEN A THIN, CLEAR PIECE OF CALCITE IS PLACED OVER AN IMAGE IT WILL CAUSE A DOUBLE IMAGE
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DID YOU KNOW THAT.. BOTH MAGNETITE AND PYRRHOTITE ARE NATURAL MAGNETS THAT ATTRACT IRON
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DID YOU KNOW THAT.. HALITE HAS A SALTY… TASTE
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GEIGER COUNTER DID YOU KNOW THAT…
MINERALS THAT CONTAIN RADIUM OR URANIUM CAN BE DETECTED BY A GEIGER COUNTER
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DID YOU KNOW THAT.. METALLIC MINERALS ARE.. SHINY
DO NOT LET LIGHT PASS THROUGH GOOD CONDUCTORS OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY USED IN AIRCRAFT, CARS, COMPUTERS, SPACECRAFT, ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS
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DID YOU KNOW THAT NONMETALLIC MINERALS…
HAVE SHINY OR DULL SURFACES MAY LET LIGHT PASS THROUGH THEM GOOD INSULATORS OF ELECTRICITY USED IN INDUSTRY, BUILDING ROADS, BUILDING BRIDGES
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DID YOU KNOW THAT GEMSTONES…
ARE HIGHLY VALUABLE FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND RARITY RATHER THAN FOR THEIR USEFULNESS THESE ARE YOUR DIAMONDS, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALDS
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NOW LET’S SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ALREADY…
1. WHERE ARE MINERALS FOUND? 2. ARE MINERALS MADE OF ROCKS? YES OR NO 3. TRUE OR FALSE-MINERALS CAN BE MADE BY PEOPLE, LIKE US. 4. WHAT’S ANOTHER WORD FOR INORGANIC? 5. WHICH OF THESE RELATES TO MINERALS? A) SOLID B)LIQUIDS C)GASES
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ANSWERS TO 1-5 1. EARTH’S CRUST 2. NO 3. FALSE 4. NOT LIVING 5. SOLID
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 6-10
6. WHAT DOES A MINERAL’S CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE DO? 7. MINERALS ARE ALSO WHAT? 8. WHAT IS A COMPOUND MADE UP OF? 9. WHAT DO ALL SILICATE MINERALS CONTAIN? 10. HOW MUCH OF THE EARTH’S CRUST DO SILICATE MINERALS MAKE UP?
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ANSWER TO 6-10 6. IT REPEATS 7. CRYSTALS 8. 2 OR MORE ELEMENTS
9. SILICON AND OXYGEN 10. 90%
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 11-14
11. TRUE OR FALSE-COLOR IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO IDENTIFY A MINERAL. 12. SHINY, DULL, METALLIC, WAXY ARE ALL TYPES OF? 13. THE COLOR OF A MINERAL IN POWDERED FORM IS? 14. WHAT DO WE RUB THE MINERAL AGAINST TO DETERMINE THE STREAK?
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ANSWERS TO 11-14 11. FALSE-MANY IMPURITIES, MANY DIFFERENT COLORS
12. LUSTER- WAY A SURFACE REFLECTS LIGHT 13. STREAK 14. STREAK PLATE
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 15-19
15. TRUE OR FALSE- THE COLOR OF THE STREAK IS ALWAYS THE SAME AS THE COLOR OF THE MINERAL SAMPLE 16. TRUE OR FALSE-ALL MINERALS BREAK APART IN THE SAME WAY 17. A BREAK ALONG A SMOOTH, FLAT SURFACE IS.. 18. ANOTHER WORD FOR CLEAVAGE IS..
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ANSWERS TO 15-18 15. FALSE- 16. FALSE- DIFFERENT TYPES OF MINERALS BREAK IN DIFFERENT WAYS 17. CLEAVAGE 18. PERFECT BREAK, EVEN
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 19-22
19. AN UNEVEN BREAK ALONG CURVED SURFACES IS A… 20. ANOTHER WORD FOR A FRACTURE IS.. 21. WHAT SCALE DO WE USE TO FIND THE HARDNESS OF A MINERAL? 22. WHAT IS THE RANGE OF NUMBERS ON THIS SCALE AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL US?
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ANSWERS TO QUES 19-22 19. FRACTURE
20. NOT PERFECT, ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES OF PIECES 21. MOHS HARDNESS SCALE , ONE BEING SOFTEST, 10 BEING HARDEST
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 23-26
23. WHAT IS SOFTEST AND HARDEST MINERAL ON THE SCALE? 24. WHICH TYPE OF CRUST IS DENSER AND SUBDUCTS? 25. A GLOW UNDER UV LIGHT IS… 26. WHEN CALCITE BUBBLES OR FIZZES WHEN AN ACID IS PLACED ON IT, THAT SHOWS A..
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ANSWERS TO 23-26 23. SOFTEST=TALC HARDEST=DIAMOND 24. OCEANIC
25. FLUORESCENCE 26. CHEMICAL REACTION
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 27-30
27. CALCITE CAN ALSO PRODUCE A ___IMAGE 28. MAGNETITE AND PYRRHOTITE ARE_______. 29. WHICH MINERAL HAS A SALTY TASTE? CAN I HAVE SOME______WITH MY FRENCH FRIES? 30. A GEIGER COUNTER IS USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF..
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ANSWERS TO 27-20 27. DOUBLE 28. NATURAL MAGNETS 29. HALITE
30. MINERALS THAT CONTAIN RADIUM OR URANIUM
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POWERPOINT REVIEW QUES 31-33
31. TRUE OR FALSE-METALLIC MINERALS ARE USED IN INDUSTRY AND MAY LET LIGHT PASS THROUGH THEM. 32. IF YOU ARE BUILDING A ROAD, WOULD YOU USE METALLIC OR NON-METALLIC MINERALS? 33. WHY ARE GEMSTONES VALUABLE?
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ANSWERS TO QUES 31-33 31. FALSE 32. NON-METALLIC
33. FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND RARITY
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