2.5 Minerals Lessson

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18 questions

Do Now, Agenda, Annoucements

Critical Thinking

Recap

What makes a mineral a mineral?

Identification Part 1

Identification Part 2

Identification Part 3

Identification Practice

2.5 Minerals Lessson

Last updated over 2 years ago

18 questions

Do Now, Agenda, Annoucements

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Other announcements to add...

Critical Thinking

Question 3

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Recap

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What makes a mineral a mineral?

You will need to know all of these characteristics, and what each of them individually means.

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Justify your answer using the 5 characteristics of minerals.

Identification Part 1

We often use flow charts with these qualities of known minerals to identify the mineral. Here is one that you will be using. 

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Identification Part 2

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A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral.

What sets a cleavage apart?

There are many mineral cleavages, here are some of the more common types to be on the lookout for.

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Justify your answer.

Identification Part 3

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In your own words, describe why color alone is not a good way to identify a mineral.

Identification Practice

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
metamorphic		fossils
igenous		heat and pressure
sedimentary		volcano lava

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Mineral XY scratches glass but not the streak plate, its hardness would be		below 2.2
If the mineral scratched the streakplate, its hardness would be		between 3.2 and 5.5
If the mineral did not scratch a fingernail, its hardness would be		above 7
If the mineral scratched a fingernail, and penny, but not glass, its hardness would be		between 5.5 and 7

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What do you think caused this to happen?

Justify your answer using the 5 characteristics of minerals.

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral.

What sets a cleavage apart?

Justify your answer.

In your own words, describe why color alone is not a good way to identify a mineral.

Justify your answer.

Other announcements to add...

What do you think caused this to happen?

Justify your answer using the 5 characteristics of minerals.

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral.

What sets a cleavage apart?

Justify your answer.

In your own words, describe why color alone is not a good way to identify a mineral.

Using the flow chart...

The mineral has a metallic luster, it's not magnetic, silver in color, harder than a fingernail, and leaves a red-brown streak.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.

What mineral is it?

Justify your answer.

I, the student completing this lesson, have looked at my grade in RDS for this class and I notice nothing incorrect.

Some relative dating techniques include...

Plastic is a mineral.

A mineral can often leave a streak that doesn't match the outside color.

You smash a rock with a hammer and this is one of the pieces.

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.

What mineral is it?

Ice is a mineral.

2.5 Minerals Lessson

2.5 Minerals Lessson

Other announcements to add...

Justify your answer using the 5 characteristics of minerals.

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral. What sets a cleavage apart?

Justify your answer.

In your own words, describe why color alone is not a good way to identify a mineral.

Justify your answer.

Other announcements to add...

Justify your answer using the 5 characteristics of minerals.

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral. What sets a cleavage apart?

Justify your answer.

In your own words, describe why color alone is not a good way to identify a mineral.

Using the flow chart...The mineral has a metallic luster, it's not magnetic, silver in color, harder than a fingernail, and leaves a red-brown streak.What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail. What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.What mineral is it?

Justify your answer.

I, the student completing this lesson, have looked at my grade in RDS for this class and I notice nothing incorrect.

Some relative dating techniques include...

Plastic is a mineral.

A mineral can often leave a streak that doesn't match the outside color.

You smash a rock with a hammer and this is one of the pieces.

Using the flow chart...The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail. What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.What mineral is it?

Ice is a mineral.

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral.

What sets a cleavage apart?

A fracture is a random jagged breaking of the mineral.

What sets a cleavage apart?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral has a metallic luster, it's not magnetic, silver in color, harder than a fingernail, and leaves a red-brown streak.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a steel nail.

What mineral is it?

Using the flow chart...

The mineral leaves a white streak, no cleavage when broken, a non-metallic luster, and it is softer than a fingernail.

What mineral is it?