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Name That Rock!

Name That Rock!. By Katherine Ringer. Aliens - "Lets Rock!" http://resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_tv/aliens_-_lets_rock/listen /. What am I going to learn?. How can I identify common rock and mineral samples? How do I place a rock sample within the rock cycle?

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Name That Rock!

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  1. Name That Rock! By Katherine Ringer Aliens - "Lets Rock!"http://resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_tv/aliens_-_lets_rock/listen/

  2. What am I going to learn? • How can I identify common rock and mineral samples? • How do I place a rock sample within the rock cycle? • What are the steps to evaluate a rocks hardness? • What minerals are in this rock sample? http://resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_tv/aliens_-_lets_rock/listen/

  3. Mineral and Rock Identification • Color • Luster • Specific Gravity • Crystal Form • Cleavage • Fracture • Tenacity • Hardness • Transparency • Identification of Rocks and Minerals

  4. The Rock Cycle

  5. Mohl’s Testing • Hardness Substance or Mineral • 1 Talc • 2 Gypsum • 2.5 to 3 Gold, Silver • 3 Calcite, Copperpenny • 4 Fluorite • 4 to 4.5 Platinum • 4 to 5 Iron • 5 Apatite • 6 Orthoclase • 6.5 Iron pyrite • 6 to 7 Glass, • Quartz Hardness Substance or Mineral 7 to 7.5 Garnet 7 to 8 Hardenedsteel 8 Topaz 9 Corundum 11 Fused zirconia 12 Fused alumina 13 Silicon carbide 14 Boron carbide 15 Diamond

  6. Find a rock Analyze the rock Identify the rock List minerals in rock Locate position in rock cycle Find hardness Write a 6 slide Power Point incorporating identification, mineral content, analysis, location rock was found and rocks personality The Rock Challenge

  7. Rock And Roll

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