PPT-What is a mineral?

A mineral is a substance with these characteristics Solid Naturally Occurring Inorganic never lived although graphite diamond and calcite may be byproducts of organisms Definite Chemical Composition. Naturally occurring. Inorganic. Solid. Crystalline structure. Specific physical and chemical properties. CRYSTALLINE. (molecular structure). Amethyst. HOW DO MINERALS AND ROCKS DIFFER?. clear Quartz mineral . &. Gold . Exploration. . Outline of talk. Exploration Success- 3 examples. Relevance to exploration targeting at different scales . Phoenix Gold probability analysis test case. Current state of play for exploration industry?. Lesson 5: How are Minerals Identified?. Opening Activity. O. pen Science textbook to page 276.. Open Science workbook to page 90A to review home learning.. Open Science folder to review vocabulary words and outline for the chapter.. Number 1. Describe in Own Words. Color. Streak. Luster. Texture. Number 2. Number. 3. Number 4. Number 5. Number 6. Number 7. Number 8. Color. Most notable characteristic. Caused by presence of trace elements. Some examples from Latin America. Steven Webb. World Bank – September 2009. Drawing on case studies by Richard . Auty. (Trinidad), Simon . Cueva. (Ecuador), Alberto Diaz (Mexico), Patricio . Navia. I. t Matter? . Crystal growing. Introduction. My name is Matthew Marchetti and I am a 6. th. grader. I am homeschooled and I only do Science in FLVS. (Physics 1) I am especially interested in Geology and collecting things like rock samples and growing crystals.. Perth 2–3 July 2013. Declining (. greenfields. ) exploration success. Increasing costs. Australia 80% cover – great opportunity. Exploring under cover challenge. Costs. Know how and Technical risk. David Huston (with acknowledgements to E Bastrakov, R Blewett, D Champion, S Jaireth, T Mernagh and R Skirrow). Mineral system classification. A mineral system classification should:. Be relatively simple, robust, flexible and adaptable. GLY 4200 - Lecture 2 –Fall, 2016. 2. Hardness . Hardness may be measured in several ways. Moh’s scale – developed by Austrian mineralogist Friedrich Mohs in 1824. Absolute scales – Brinell, Knoop, Rockwell, Vicker’s. Unit 3: . Mineral Revolution: . Lesson 16. DO NOW:. Read pages 776 – 778 in your Scramble for Africa notes.. Make a timeline of the key events in South African history from these pages.. Success Criteria:. Bellwork. 9-13-16. Get out the video notes to check.. Objectives. Students will be able to identify how the earth is affected by long- term and short- term geological cycles and the influence of man.. Edmund Nickless. Chair . International Union of Geological Sciences. New Activities Strategic Implementation Committee . Formerly Executive Secretary. Geological Society of London . 1. What is the problem?. 2. Hardness . Hardness may be measured in several ways. Moh’s scale – developed by Austrian mineralogist Friedrich Mohs in 1824. Absolute scales – Brinell, Knoop, Rockwell, Vicker’s. 3. Moh’s Scale. 1) Rocks cannot be made of organic material. 2) Luster is classified as metallic and non-metallic. 3) Scientist use tests to identify minerals. 4) Minerals that make up rocks can be mined as ores. 5) A liquid or gas can be classified as a mineral.