Rock Cycle - Minerals (4A)
 Lab 

PROBLEM: Do minerals have key characteristics that help to identify them?

PREDICTION: 

PROCEDURE: Examine and describe each of the following minerals. Answer the questions at each station.

 

OBSERVATIONS AND ANSWERS

 

1. QUARTZ

  

 

2. FLUORITE

  

 

3. PYRITE

  

 

4. GYPSUM

  

 

5. CALCITE

  

 

6. MICA

  

 

7. GALENA

  

 

8. FELDSPAR

  

 

9. HEMATITE

  

 

10. ULEXITE

  

CONCLUSION: What types of characteristics should you look for in a mineral?

 

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