AIM: DO NOW: HW:
AIM: WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS? DO NOW: 1. SORT PAPERWORK 2. LAB HANDBACK 3. DO NOW QUESTION ON NEXT SLIDE **THIS IS IT…THE FINAL PUSH….LAST 3 UNITS!!!** HW: ASTRONOMY REGENTS REVIEW DUE FRIDAY. COLLECTED AND CHECKED.
AIM: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MINERALS. (period 1 and 6) DO NOW: 1 AIM: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MINERALS? (period 1 and 6) DO NOW: 1. Get into your groups and take a bin of minerals and basket of rocks from the side. HW: Take home quiz on minerals from website due tomorrow!
AIM: WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS AIM: WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS? DO NOW: All 3 rock types are classified according to differences in their environment of formation. List a visual difference about each one. What could they all have in common???
MINERALS
Properties of Minerals: Naturally Occurring (not man made) Inorganic (never were alive)
3. Crystalline – solid with a definite internal arrangement of atoms
This structure makes up most of the common minerals This structure makes up most of the common minerals. It is found in great abundance within Earth’s crust. What 2 elements do you think make up this structure???
Silicon Oxygen Tetrahedron
Sulfur
Olivine
Potassium Feldspar
Calcite comes in many different colors.
White minerals: Talc Gypsum Quartz Calcite
METALLIC VS NON-METALLIC
Shiny vs. Dull luster Shiny Dull
AIM: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MINERALS. DO NOW: 1 AIM: HOW DO WE IDENTIFY MINERALS? DO NOW: 1. Get into your groups and take a bin of minerals from the side. HW: Take home quiz on minerals from website due tomorrow!
Emeralds (#8)
Corundum (#9) - Rubies
Corundum (#9) - Sapphires
Diamonds (# 10)
Before & after picture of a diamond Raw Polished
GARNET: New York State Gem! GARNET: New York State Gem!
Hematite: New York State Mineral! Hematite: New York State Mineral!
If the mineral has Cleavage: It breaks along even planes.
Cleavage of Feldspar Cleaves at 90o angles
Mica Muscovite Biotite Phlogopite Lepidolite
If the mineral has fracture: Broken pieces are jagged and irregular
Fracture of Quartz
HCl Fizzes on contact