Draw a T-chart in your notebook.

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1/26--Its a Mineral.or is it?

• Draw a T-chart in your notebook.
• Mineral/Non-mineral
• For each picture that you see, write the item
  under either Mineral or Non-mineral.

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1
3
2
Gold
4
3
Fossil
5
4
Topaz
6
5
Bones
7
6
Granite
8
7
Quartz
9
8
Pearls
10
9
Talc
11
10
Icebergs
12
11
Diamond
13
12
Coal
14
13
Rock Salt
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Sowhat do you think?

• Minerals

• Non-Minerals

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And the answers are

• Minerals
• Gold
• Topaz
• Quartz
• Talc
• Iceberg
• Diamonds

• Non-Minerals
• Wood - once living
• Fossils once living
• Bone - living material
• Granite - intrusive igneous rock
• Pearls made by oysters
• Coal - Sedimentary rock
• Rock Salt Sedimentary rock

According to IMA ice is listed as a mineral
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A mineral is
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What is a mineral?

• A mineral is a naturally formed, inorganic,
  solid, that has a definite crystalline structure,
• and chemical composition.

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What is a mineral?

• Solid
• Cannot be a liquid or a gas
• Naturally Occurring
• Found in nature, not man-made
• Inorganic
• Is not alive and never was, non-living
• Fixed composition
• Has a chemical formula, most are formed from
  compounds of two or more elements, some minerals
  consist of one element ex. Au
• Crystal Form
• A definite structure in which atoms are arranged

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Questions to ask yourself when determining if an
item is a mineral or not

• Is it non-living material?
• Is it a solid?
• Is it formed in nature?
• Does it have a crystalline structure?

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How can you classify minerals?

• Use the minerals and tools to determine a list of
  properties (characteristics) that you could use
  to separate one mineral from another

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Properties we came up with