A1 Business and Technical College Unit 2 Common Minerals Presentation
Description
Unit 2 Assignment
Complete the following assignment using the Mineral Resources (Posted Below)
Mineral Identification Project:
1. Select 10 common minerals and 5 uncommon minerals.
2. Create a PowerPoint Presentation including the following information.
- A Title Slide
- A slide for each mineral with the following facts:
- Picture and Name of the Mineral
- Color:
- Hardness: (scale of 1 – 10)
- Streak: white/colorless
- Luster: vitreous (glassy, shiny, metallic, sparkle)
- Magnetic: no
- Conductive: no
- Cleavage: none, it fractures like glass
- Relative Density: 2.65
- Does it react with acid?
- Any other Distinguishing Characteristic
- Uses
- Is it mined?
- Where do we find deposits of this mineral in the U.S, and Worldwide?
- Amount mined and or processed yearly
- Value
- Provide a reference slide listing all resources used.
Mineral Resources
Mineral Resources (Links to an external site.)
https://www.clemson.edu/public/geomuseum/specimen_id/id_tool.html (Links to an external site.)
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/id/mineral_id_keyi1.htm (Links to an external site.)
https://www.minerals.net/Minerals/A.aspx (Links to an external site.)
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