Name That Rock!

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Name That Rock!

• By Katherine Ringer

Aliens - "Lets Rock!"http//resources.bravenet.c
om/audio_clips/movies_tv/aliens_-_lets_rock/listen
/
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What am I going to learn?

• How can I identify common rock and mineral
  samples?
• How do I place a rock sample within the rock
  cycle?
• What are the steps to evaluate a rocks hardness?
• What minerals are in this rock sample?

http//resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_t
v/aliens_-_lets_rock/listen/
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Mineral and Rock Identification

• Color
• Luster
• Specific Gravity
• Crystal Form
• Cleavage
• Fracture
• Tenacity
• Hardness
• Transparency
• Identification of Rocks and Minerals

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The Rock Cycle
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Mohls Testing

• Hardness Substance or Mineral
• 1 Talc
• 2 Gypsum
• 2.5 to 3 Gold, Silver
• 3 Calcite, Copper penny
• 4 Fluorite
• 4 to 4.5 Platinum
• 4 to 5 Iron
• 5 Apatite
• 6 Orthoclase
• 6.5 Iron pyrite
• 6 to 7 Glass,
• Quartz

Hardness Substance or Mineral 7 to 7.5
Garnet 7 to 8 Hardened steel 8
Topaz 9 Corundum 11 Fused
zirconia 12 Fused alumina 13 Silicon
carbide 14 Boron carbide 15 Diamond
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The Rock Challenge

• Find a rock
• Analyze the rock
• Identify the rock
• List minerals in rock
• Locate position in rock cycle
• Find hardness

• Write a 6 slide Power Point incorporating
  identification, mineral content, analysis,
• location rock was found and rocks personality

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• Rock
• And
• Roll