Minerals Building Blocks of Rocks Minerals Building Blocks of Rocks.
Enter to go on a geological dig to learn about rocks and minerals
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Enter to go on a geological dig tolearn about rocks and minerals
Mrs. Stephens
turquoise sulfur
Quartz
Table of Contents• Welcome Page• Title Page• Table of Contents• Minerals Chart• Organizational Chart• Rocks Chart• Rock Cycle
– Metamorphic– Sedimentary– Igneous
• Many Types of Rocks and Minerals• Hardness of Minerals Bar Chart• Hardness of Minerals Pie Chart• Rocks and Minerals Video Clip• Resources• Crystal Activity• Stalactites Activity
MINERALSNAME EXAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS USES
Gold • metallic and shiny
• soft mineral
• jewelry
diamond • hardest mineral• hard enough to cut steel
• jewelry
quartz • almost as hard as diamonds• common mineral
• to make glass
Organizational Chart
How Heavy
How Shiny
OtherProperties
Color
Texture
Basic Propertiesof Minerals
rocksTypes Example Characteristics Uses
Metamorphic
Rock
• rock that has been change by heat and pressure
• make statues• jewelry
IgneousRock
• rock that was once melted but has cooled and hardened
• building materials•computer chip
Sedimentary
Rock
• forms from material that has settled into layers
• building materials•computer chip
Marble
Pumice
Limestone
Rock cycleMetamorphic Rocks:
Marble
Quartzite
Slate Sedimentary Rocks:LimestoneBrecciaRed sandstone
Igneous Rocks:ObsidianPumice
Snowflake porphyry
Wind and water canbreak up metamorphic rocks to form sedimentary rocks.
When sedimentary rocks areput under heat and pressure,metamorphic rocks can form.
Wind and water canbreak up igneous rocks to form sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocksmelt to form igneous rocks.
Heat and pressurecan change igneousrocks intometamorphic rocks.
When metamorphicrocks melt, they formigneous rocks.
Many types ofrock and minerals
Hardness of Minerals
4
7
1
10
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Nickel Quartz Talc Diamond Copper
Hardness is one of the properties of minerals. It is measured on a scale of 1 to 10:1 = softest10 = hardest
Hardness of Minerals
4
7
1
10
2Nickel
Quartz
Talc
Diamond
Copper
Rocks and Mineralsvideo clip
Resources
How to make Crystals
Stalactites andstalagmites
AdditionalResources
• http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/MRHP.htm
• http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/c/cafarella_a/final/
• http://www.bcschools.net/maser/esgeo.html