Separate/Group the minerals by properties: Use minerals #1 - #39 Sort into 3 or 4 piles by similar characteristics How are they alike? How did you decide to sort them? Color, luster, hardness, shape, weight,

Minerals and You “Mining Minerals Matters in Your Everyday Life” (5 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtiPEO0GLc Modern Mining and You (first 15 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiN5aVvRLRk

Minerals are composed of Elements Where did all the elements that make-up minerals originate? Stars! Show video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU Most Astounding Fact Neil DeGrass Tyson

Which Elements Make up the Earth’s crust? What are the top 8 #1 Oxygen #2 Silicon #3 Aluminum #4 Iron #5 Calcium #6 Sodium #7 Potassium #8 Magnesium

Common minerals Some minerals are made from 1 element like: sulfur, copper, gold, iron , silver, carbon But most minerals are …Compounds Salt (NaCl) Calcite (CaCO3) Quartz (sand) (SiO2) Some are elements: sulfur, copper, gold, diamond There are over 4000 minerals, but only about a 20+ are common in the Earth’s crust and make-up all the rocks

Mineral or Not??? Ruby Mercury Concrete Salt Cubic zirconia Sugar Ice YES NO, liquid No, man-made NO, synthetic NO, organic Metalloid, no crystalline structure Ruby Mercury Concrete Salt Cubic zirconia Sugar Ice Pearl

Take #44 out of the box The ROCK Granite How many different colors are in granite? Find minerals # 6 #7 #26, So, a rock by definition is… A solid mass of one or more minerals mixed together in varying quantities.

Except….. Limestone rock (#58) is made of only ONE mineral: calcite (#3) Obsidian (#51), which is glass made of only ONE mineral – quartz (#7) Coal, which is organic matter.

Mineral Identification Lab Purpose: To construct methods to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze characteristics Identify the minerals Group them by similar physical and chemical characteristics Research their use as Earth’s resources

Earth Science, 11e Bellringer: Describe how the different spheres are interdependent on each other.

are in EVERY manufactured product What is the first question the game asks????? Is it an….. animal, vegetable, or a mineral? Minerals: are in EVERY manufactured product Are essential to good health (vitamins) are an important part of Earth’s processes

Mineral Box Scavenger Hunt Which mineral… 1. Looks like glass ____ 2. Smells like rotten eggs ____ 3. Flecks of gold ____ 4. Is magnetic ____ 5. Is soft like powder ____ 6. Can write like a pencil ____ 7. Tastes salty ____ 8. Is heavy like lead _____ 9. Dried blood-red color ____ 10. Peels into thin sheets ____ #7 quartz #31 sulfur #22 pyrite #13 magnetite #1 talc graphite #18 halite #11 galena hematite #23/24 mica

Analyze characteristics Day 1 Group discussion: Observe minerals #1-39 in the boxes Sort into 3 or 4 groups by similarities Describe characteristics of the sorted groups. Whiteboard your groups (be sure to include your objective, data tables, drawings and conclusion)

Bellringer: What characteristics distinguish minerals? Earth Science, 11e Bellringer: What characteristics distinguish minerals?

Each table group will choose a different characteristic. To construct methods to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze characteristics Day 2 Each table group will choose a different characteristic. Define the characteristic Describe the characteristic qualitatively (words) Determine if and how it could be quantitatively measured. Construct a scale to measure it

Minerals: the building blocks of rocks pgs. 96-97 What are the 5 characteristics that make a mineral a mineral? All are: Solid Natural (found in nature) Inorganic (never were living) have an orderly internal structure of atoms and crystals have a definite Chemical composition (chemical formula) Mineraloid - lacks an orderly internal structure

Identify the Minerals Day 3 Groups explain the scale, rank, grouping of the characteristic on your white board: Use the data table of minerals and their qualitative and quantitative characteristics, identify the minerals by matching their characteristics to a table of known minerals (ESS text pg. 700-701)

Mineral Specimen Number Color Luster Light interaction Streak color   Color Luster Light interaction Streak color Hardness number Cleavage Or Fracture Soluble in water Solubility in acid Other Properties: Magnetism, Fluorescence Mineral name page 700- 701 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Our State Mineral Top 5 facts 1. It’s color(s)…. 2. formula, group/family: Mineral characteristics, specific identifying characteristic… 4. Describe how it’s formed, by what process.. 5. It is found where in Illinois…. 6. It’s uses as a mineral resource.