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Name That
Rock!
By Katherine Ringer
Aliens - "Lets Rock!"
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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?
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Mineral and Rock Identification
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Color
Luster
Specific Gravity
Crystal Form
Cleavage
Fracture
Tenacity
Hardness
• Transparency
• Identification of Rocks
and Minerals
The Rock Cycle
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Mohl’s Testing
Hardness
1
2
2.5 to 3
3
4
4 to 4.5
4 to 5
5
6
6.5
6 to 7
7
Substance or Mineral
Talc
Gypsum
Gold, Silver
Calcite, Copper penny
Fluorite
Platinum
Iron
Apatite
Orthoclase
Iron pyrite
Glass,
Quartz
Hardness
7 to 7.5
7 to 8
8
9
11
12
13
14
15
Substance or Mineral
Garnet
Hardened steel
Topaz
Corundum
Fused zirconia
Fused alumina
Silicon carbide
Boron carbide
Diamond
The Rock Challenge
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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
Rock
And
Roll