Minerals

Softest mineral on Earth

• Talc

• Bauxite

• Topaz

• Quartz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Pyrite

• An iron sulfide often called “Fools Gold.”

• A high grade of coal

• Colorful mineral in light.

• A rock forming mineral.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Apatite

• A rock forming mineral.

• Common phosphate mineral.

• An important rock forming mineral.

• Exceptionally hard aluminum oxide that forms in igneous rocks.

This mineral is a magnesium iron silicate.

• Talc

• Corundum.

• Olivine

• Pyroxene.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Common mineral containing lead.

• Topaz

• Pyrite

• Calcite

• Galena

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Gypsum

• Dark, common, heavy mineral in all rocks.

• Used for acid, fertilizer, chemicals and explosives.

• Processed and used as prefabricated wall boards, building plaster, etc.

• Used in human and animal diet.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Black colored or reddish-brown

• Pyrite

• Graphite

• Copper

• Hematite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Buaxite

• Main source of aluminum.

• Most common mineral.

• Crystal formed of silicate mineral.

• A rock forming mineral.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

A rock forming mineral.

• Quartz

• Copper

• Feldspar

• Topaz

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Fossils are the_ _ or_ of living things

• Dung, bones, molds

• Preserved, remains, traces

• Food, environment, resources

• Images, teeth, scales

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1