Name ____________________________

Mineral Webquest
SITE #1
http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/index.html

Click on “Minerals in your house” link. List 8 minerals found in each of the four areas of your home.
Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen Living Room

Go back to the home screen and click on Mineral Groups.

What are the elements associated with the groups below? (Just the chemical symbols)
Borates Silicates Halides Oxides Nitrates Sulfides Native Carbonates
Elements

Go back to the home page and click on Mineral Properties.

Click on Hardness.

1. Who was the guy who invented the hardness scale?____________________________________________________

2. Where was he from?____________________________

3. What is the biggest misconception with a diamond? WHY?

 Name ____________________________

Complete the chart below.

Hardness Mineral Common object
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2
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4
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7
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Go back to Mineral Properties

Click on Streak.

1. What happens to the streak plate if a mineral has a hardness of 7 or greater?

2. What color streak will Hematite always give you?

Site# 2 http://www.rocksandminerals.com/uses.htm

1. Based on current consumption, it is estimated that you – and every other person in the United States – will use more
than a _______________ pounds of rocks, minerals, and metals during your lifetime.

2. How many pounds of the following will you use? a. Lead _____ b. Iron _____ c. Zinc _____ d. Copper _____ e. Salt
_____ f. Aluminum _____

3. What is the most abundant metal element in Earth’s Crust? ____________________

4. This is the active ingredient in many underarm deodorants? ____________________

5. This is the mineral that is the source for the “fluoride” in your favorite toothpaste. ____________________

6. Which mineral provides the “tingly” taste you experience when drinking soft drinks? ____________________

7. Which mineral is often used as an anti-caking agent in packets of sweetener? ____________________

8. Most “copper” pennies are actually made with which mineral? ____________________
 Name ____________________________

Site # 3 Brainpop- Mineral Identification is Title of Brainpop

https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/mineralidentification/

Username:lindleyacad
Password: Brainpop

Click play movie. You can go back and move forward in the movie by clicking on the arrows.

What should you look at first when looking at minerals? ________________________

What is hardness? _____________________________________________________

How hard is a finger nail? __________________

What is luster? _____________________________________________________

If it has a metallic luster the mineral will be _____________________________

The streak is the mineral’s _________________ when it powdered or scratched on a surface.

Minerals that break on a smooth hard surface have __________________________.

Site 3: Birthstones http://www.galleries.com/Birthstones

Scroll down and click on “Birthstones” What are the birthstone(s) for each month?

a. January: __________________ or ______________________

b. February: __________________ or ______________________

c. March: __________________ or ______________________

d. April: __________________ or ______________________

e. May: __________________ or ______________________

f. June__________________ or _________________ or ______________

g. July: __________________ or ______________________

h. August: __________________ or ______________________

i. September: __________________ or ______________________

j. October: __________________ or ______________________

k. November: __________________ or ______________________

l. December: __________________ or _________________ or _____________s when a mineral breaks

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