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Backyard Science: Geology

Lesson 4: Identifying Minerals

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn how to identify minerals
  2. Learn about the five major mineral properties

This would be fun to find! Imperial topaz, found in Brazil.

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Mineral identification:

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Assignment:

Read about the different ways minerals fracture and the various lusters.

Extra:

Elements like silver, gold, helium, carbon and sodium are made of specific types of atoms. Different elements combine together to make water and minerals.

 

Photo Credits:

By Madereugeneandrew (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; Date: 06/09/16; Disclaimer: not an endorsement; Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Topaz.JPG