PPT-Minerals

Physical Properties talc talc Color white sea green or gray Luster pearly Hardness 1 Streak white to pale gray Cleavage yes Fracture uneven Uses paint baby powder paper rubber cosmetics . Eccleston. George Shires. Christopher Houston. Sizing Up Shale States. A Comparison of Mineral Law in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. Shale Plays in the United States. State Activity. Ohio. 365 wells drilled in 2011.  . Minerals play an important role in forming rocks and shaping Earth’s surface. When humans began making tools out of iron great progress was made in advancing the world through industries Below is a timeline showing how the value and uses of minerals have changed over time .. All rocks are made up of 2 or more of these minerals. . Minerals are not rocks!. Silicon and oxygen are the most abundant elements in the crust and in minerals. Oxygen is the most abundant element in minerals. Chapter 5. Minerals of Earth’s Crust. Chapter. 5. Standards. SES2d. Associate specific plate . tectonic . settings . with the production of particular groups of igneous and metamorphic rocks and mineral resources. naturally. existing . chemical compounds.. 2)Minerals can be identified by their . physical properties. .. 3)What are the four characteristics of a mineral?. Naturally occurring. Crystal Structure/Chemical Substance. …the same type of mineral! They are examples of quartz!!. Haha! Tricked you! These are all…. There are over 3000 types of minerals in the Earth’s crust. As you could see with the quartz, often times even the . 20. th. September 2016, EP Product Material Compliance Team. . Supplier Training. Abbreviation. CM – Conflict . Minerals. SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission. Form SD – Form Specialized Disclosure. excludes synthetic minerals. inorganic. non living processes form them. chemically specific. has a unique proportion of elements. crystalline solid. atoms are arranged in specific 3-D patterns. Definition:. we use.. Human History: Stone age, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.. 7 metals of antiquity: Gold (8000 yra); copper (6200 yra); silver (6000 yra); lead (5500 yra); tin (3750 yra); iron (3500 yra); mercury (2750 yra). Rocks and Minerals. A rock is any solid mass of mineral, or mineral-like, matter that occurs naturally as part of our planet. . Most rocks, like the common rock granite, occur as aggregates of several different minerals. . Appearance of a fresh mineral surface in reflected light. 1. Metallic Luster. 2. Vitreous Luster- glassy luster. 3. Resinous Luster. 4. Pearly Luster. 5. Silky luster. Pyrite. Quartz. Orpiment. Muscovite. properties. Classification of Minerals. Metallic Ferrous. . Non-ferrous. . Precious. Non-metallic. Energy Minerals. CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS. METALLIC. ENERGY. NON - METALLIC. FERROUS. PRECIOUS. Geo 281: geology for engineers. Geology and Geophysics Department. King Saud University. Minerals: Building. Blocks of Rocks. We begin our discussion of Earth . materials with . an overview of . mineralogy (mineral = mineral and Logy=Study) because . Background Information!. The Earth’s crust is made of mostly rocks and soil.. The rocks are made of different combinations of . minerals.. Minerals . are made of . elements. . (. Remember an element .