Bedrock under the Adirondack Mountains may best be described as 1) Cambrian and Devonian in origin. 2) over a billion years old. 3) principally conglomerate, sandstones and shales. 4) mostly horizontal in structure.

Inorganic naturally occurring solids. Minerals Inorganic naturally occurring solids.

To understand minerals begin with the periodic table! Atomic number = # of protons How many protons in Calcium?

Electron (in shell) Proton (in nucleus) http://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/atoms/

Where else in the Reference Tables do you find the elements?

Atoms make different types of molecules. Chemistry will study this in detail next year ;-)

Which graph correctly represents the three most abundant elements, by mass, in Earth’s crust?

Many minerals will then make rocks. Molecules (compounds) Atoms (elements) make Minerals make Crystals Many minerals will then make rocks.

Crystal lattices (patterns of atoms) Minerals have properties resulting from the internal arrangement of their atoms. Crystal lattices (patterns of atoms)

GARNET DIAMOND TALC WOLLASTONITE ZINC GOLD DOLOMITE HALITE

Minerals are mined!

Mineral Ore provides raw materials...

The minerals in the table are varieties of which mineral? The table below shows some properties of four different minerals. The minerals in the table are varieties of which mineral? (1) garnet (3) quartz (2) magnetite (4) olivine