1. EARTHS MATERIALS ROCKS AND MINERALS

2. MINERALS VS ROCKS • MINERAL is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a characteristic chemical composition. • These are the building blocks of rocks. • Granite is an example you can see the individual crystals

3. Properties of Minerals • Crystal structure: The arrangement of the atoms. • The difference in the crystal structures between these two minerals offers an idea of the diversity of crystalline forms.

4. Color • Color: Some can be deceptive like quartz.

5. Streak • Streak: Scrape the mineral on an unglazed porcelain plate and observe the color. http://faculty.chemeketa.edu/afrank1/rocks/minerals/streak.htm

6. Luster •   Metallic/Nonmetallic Luster The luster of a mineral is the way its surface reflects light. Most terms used to describe luster are self-explanatory: metallic, earthy, waxy, greasy, vitreous (glassy), adamantine (or brilliant, as in a faceted diamond). It will be necessary, at least at first, only to distinguish between minerals with a metallic luster and those with one of the non-metallic lusters.

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8. Density Mass / volume Please see chart on page 667

9. Hardness • Hardness is the resistance of a mineral to scratching. • Diamond is the hardest mineral with a rating of 10.

10. Fracture and Cleavage • Fracture: how a mineral breaks • Cleavage: a type of fracture where the mineral splits along regular well defined planes.

11. Do Data analysis pg 667 • Section assessment pg. 669

12. Rocks and the Rock cycle • Three major groups of rocks • Igneous • Sedimentary • Metamorphic • This is based on how they are formed

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15. Igneous rock • This rock forms from magma • This forms when molten material cools and solidifies either inside the earth or on the surface. • Intrusive is under the earth, like granite • Extrusive is on the surface of the earth., like basalt

16. Volcanic neck • A volcanic neck is a cylindrical-shaped landform standing above the surface created by magma solidifying in the vent of a volcano. Erosion of the sides of the volcano exposes the neck.   • This is a volcanic intrusion that is exposed as the surrounding soil erodes

18. Sedimentary • A rock that forms over time as sediment is squeezed and cemented together. • Three types: • Clastic • Chemical • Organic

19. Clastic Rocks • Made from the broken fragments of other rocks.

20. Chemical Rock • Minerals precipitate out of a solution Iron Ore is a chemical sedimentary rock that forms when iron and oxygen (and sometimes other substances) combine in solution and deposit as a sediment. Hematite (shown above) is the most common sedimentary iron ore mineral. The specimen shown above is about two inches (five centimeters) across. http://geology.com/rocks/sedimentary-rocks.shtml

21. Organic Rock Coal is an organic sedimentary rock that forms from the accumulation and preservation of plant materials, usually in a swamp environment.  http://geology.com/rocks/sedimentary-rocks.shtml

22. Metamorphic • Rock change by temperature, pressure or chemical reaction with hot water. • The original rock can be any type. The results is a new type of rock. • It can also have a new mineral content. • A new texture

23. Rock Cycle

24. Rock lab • http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/rockkey/index.html#granite • To help Identify rocks you brought from home.

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