1. Minerals Around Us
BY: Hannah Byssainthe

2. Fluoride
Sodium Fluoride it the most important ingredient in toothpaste. But it is also one of the main ingredient in rat poisoning. It also helps reduce the amount of cavities!
Chemical Formula: F-

3. Topaz Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminum and fluoride
Chemical formula: Al 2SiO4(F,OH) 2

4. Sapphire Sapphire is the most precious and valuable blue gemstone
It is very desirable because of the color, durability, and luster.

5. Gold The symbol for Gold is Au (from Latin: aurum).
The melting point for Gold is: 1,948 degrees Fahrenheit.
The atomic number: 79

6. Talc
Most Talc deposits in the United States are metamorphic rocks on the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains
Talc is represented as a secondary mineral

7. Diamond Diamonds are formed under crushing pressures and intense heat
Diamond-Bearing rock is carried from the mantle to Earth’s crust
Most of us, if not all, know that diamond is number ten on the Moh’s Scale, which makes it the hardest mineral

8. Pyrite
Pyrite is used as an important ore to produce sulfur and sulfuric acid.
How to remember: P.S = Natural Gas or Crude Oil Processing
Most of us know that pyrite is used to make Fool’s Gold

9. Silicate Silicate creates salt which we use in our everyday foods.
Silicate minerals are rock forming minerals, constituting approximately 90% of earths crust

10. Copper Copper has a reddish-orange color and is often used in pennies
Its symbol, Cu, comes from the Latin, cuprum.
The Atomic number is 29

11. Ruby Ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone.
The name comes from ruber, Latin for red.
Ruby is worth around $10,000 - $25,000.
Ruby is the worlds most expensive gem.

12. It is now time for a…
QUIZ!
Which nobody likes…

13. Quiz
These answers are going to get harder as you finish the 5 questions
Ready? Ok…

14. Question #1
How hard is a diamond on the Moh’s scale?????

15. Answer
10!!!!!!

16. What is used in our everyday foods? (What is it made from?)
Question #2
What is used in our everyday foods? (What is it made from?)

17. Answer
SILICATE!!

18. Question #3
How much is Ruby worth?

19. Answer
$10,000-$25,000

20. What is Gold’s melting point
Question #4
What is Gold’s melting point

21. Answer
1,948 degrees
Fahrenheit

22. Question #5
What is Gold’s symbol?????

23. Answer Au