1. AIM: DO NOW: HW:

2. 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.

3. 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!

4. 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???

5. MINERALS

8. Properties of Minerals:
Naturally Occurring (not man made)
Inorganic (never were alive)

9. 3. Crystalline – solid with a definite internal arrangement of atoms

10. 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???

11. Silicon Oxygen Tetrahedron

16. Sulfur

17. Olivine

18. Potassium Feldspar

19. Calcite comes in many different colors.

20. White minerals:
Talc
Gypsum
Quartz
Calcite

23. METALLIC VS NON-METALLIC

24. Shiny vs. Dull luster
Shiny
Dull

25. 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!

31. Emeralds (#8)

32. Corundum (#9) - Rubies

33. Corundum (#9) - Sapphires

34. Diamonds (# 10)

35. Before & after picture of a diamond
Raw
Polished

36. GARNET: New York State Gem!
GARNET: New York State Gem!

37. Hematite: New York State Mineral!
Hematite: New York State Mineral!

40. If the mineral has Cleavage:
It breaks along even planes.

41. Cleavage of Feldspar
Cleaves at 90o angles

42. Mica
Muscovite
Biotite
Phlogopite
Lepidolite

46. If the mineral has fracture:
Broken pieces are jagged and irregular

47. Fracture of Quartz

50. HCl
Fizzes on contact