Rock Cycle - Chemistry (3)
Lab 

PROBLEM: Can you identify the elements that are in a mineral if you know the characteristics of the elements?

PREDICTION: 

MATERIALS: periodic table, mineral specimens

PROCEDURE: Look on the periodic table and identify the names of the following elements:

ELEMENT SYMBOL:

NAME:

CHARACTERISTICS

Fe

  

heavy

S

  

yellow

Cu

  

copper, tarnishes to green-blue color

Si

  

clear

Ti

  

dark gray, silvery

Try to figure out what elements might be in the following specimens.

SPECIMEN

ELEMENTS AND REASONS

ROSE QUARTZ

  

HEMATITE

  

PYRITE

  

SULFUR

  

COPPER

  

CHRYSOCOLLA

  

BORNITE

  

CONCLUSION: Which minerals show the elements that make them up?

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