Rock Cycle - Minerals (5B)
 Lab 

PROBLEM: Why are some minerals used in everyday products?

PREDICTION:

MATERIALS: silica gel, lead weight, wall paper, penny, concrete, porcelain, iron tie, landscape rock(s)

PROCEDURE: Look at the following substances and try to predict which mineral(s) are found in these products. Explain your answer.

 

MINERAL

REASON

 

silica gel

    

 

plaster of Paris

    

 

steel

    

 

wall paper

    

 

penny

    

 

porcelain tile

    
 

magnets

    

 

vermiculite

    

 

landscape material

    

 

nails/screws

    

CONCLUSION: Which of the minerals are easy to identify? Which are hard?

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