Draw a T-chart in your notebook.

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Its a Mineral.or is it?

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

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1
Wood
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 isBelow your T-Chart, add to what
you already know from class and continue to
construct your own definition of a mineral in
your NB.
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What is a mineral?

• The official line..
• A mineral is a naturally formed, inorganic,
  solid, that has a definite crystalline structure,
• fixed chemical composition.

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What does a mineral have to be like?

• 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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Five questions to ask yourself when determining
if an item is a mineral or not

• Is it a solid?
• Is it naturally occurring
• Is it non-living (inorganic)?
• Does it have a fixed chemical composition
• (i.e. does it have a chemical formula)?
• Does is make a crystalline structure?
• That spells S.N.I.F.C.

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S.N.I.F.C. a gimmick to decide if a substance
is a mineral.

• Trace your hand print on a clean sheet in your
  NB.
• Put the letters SNIFCas shown below.
• Each letter stands for one mineral trait.
• Fold a finger down as you
• decide if a criteria is met.
• If all your fingers end up
• folded down, then a fist
• is sign language for yes.
• Now, write out the rest of
• the words on you hand.

I
F
N
C
S
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How can you classify minerals?

• Learning Target
• Use the minerals and tools to determine a list of
  properties (characteristics) that you could use
  to determine the name of and tell the differences
  between one mineral and another.
• Check out the video
• Earth Revealed Minerals Materials of the
  Earth
• to see how minerals are used, named, and help
  find
• out about Earths history

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What properties can you come up with?Be ready
to test for properties in our next classroom lab
activity.