Introduction to Minerals and Rocks During this presentation, record the names of minerals and rocks in a DIFFERENT color! If your answer is wrong, change it!
Jan 20, 2016
Introduction to Minerals and Rocks
During this presentation, record the names of minerals and rocks in a
DIFFERENT color!
If your answer is wrong, change it!
Station 1
• Name A: Talc• Name B: Quartz
• Hardness Test
Station 2
• General Shape: Cube• Name: Halite
• Cleavage: the tendency to break along flat surfaces
Station 3
• Petrified Wood
• Fallen wood buried in mud, ash, etc.
• Oxygen deprived and cannot decay
• Organic materials break down and create void
• Void gets filled with minerals and they crystallize
Stations 4 - 6
• Station 4: Sandgrains– Name: Sandstone
• Station 5: fossils
• Station 6: Smells like matches (sulfur)
Station 7
• Used for scouring pads
• Name: Pumice
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
Station 8
• Name: Galena
• Lead is extracted from galena
Station 9
• B is more densely packed
• Name– A: Feldspar
– B: Galena
Station 10
• Used for baby powder• Used to be called
“soap stone” because it is slippery
• Name: Talc
Station 11
• Special property: Magnetic
• Name: Magnetite
Station 12
• One drop of HCl resulted in the rock “fizzing”
• Acid Test
• Name: Calcite
Station 13
• Rock is called “fool’s gold”
• It contains iron• Name: Pyrite
Station 14
• You saw a double image of the word “science”
• Due to double refraction
• Name: Iceland Spar (Calcite)
Stations 15 & 16
• Station 15: Crystals formed with air pocket then solidified– Name: Geode
• Station 16: Clams in the mud caused the holes– Name: Mudstone
Stations 17 & 18
• Station 17: Gold ore taken from Homestake Mine in South Dakota
• Station 18: Copper, but turns green when it reacts with oxygen (i.e. Statue of Liberty)
Station 19
• (a) Red granite from Marathon City
• (b) Drilled for blasting
Station 20
• Names: Chert and Obsidian
• Used to be called volcanic glass
• Used for arrows and tools
Station 21
• (a) Coal• (b) Used for fuel/heat
Stations 22 - 24
• Station 22: Agate• Station 23: Iron• Station 24: Animals,
corals, sponge
Stations 25 - 26
• Station 25– Metal: Aluminum
– Mineral: Bauxite
• 26: – Used to be used for
chalkboards
– Name: Slate
Stations 27 - 28
• 27: Shark tooth
• 28: Water erosion
Station 29
• From Cave: Dripping from ceiling
• Name: Stalactite• (tight to the ceiling)
Station 30 - 33
• 30: Graphite (not lead), used for pencils
• 31: Chalk• 32: Sulfur• 33: Copper ore
Stations 34 - 38
• 34: Rocks, not bones.• 35: Formed with gravel,
pebbles– Name: Conglomerate
• 36: Rocks rubbed by water• 37 Found in a cave
– Name: Stalagmites– (might grow up to the
ceiling)
• 38: Holes are probably caused by clams in mud– Name: Mudstone
Station 39
• Station 39:
• It is a sedimentary rock. We know this because of the stratification (layering) seen in this rock.
Station 40
• It floats because it is less dense than water.
• When it was formed, gas was trapped inside while the magma and other pyroclastic materials solidified quickly.