Crystals & Minerals

Crystals- First we poured the beaker with distilled water, and heated it on an electric burner. We had 3 choices of minerals which were Halite, Sugar and Epsomite. And to identify we added different food color in beakers. We kept stiring the solution and kept adding the mineral, untill the solution was fully saturated. After that we turned the burner off, and placed a tag on the beaker for identification. Then they were placed in the window, and we observed them every day, and took readings. We used 2 processes for crystallizing. First evaporation takes place, and later it solidifies.

Mineral Properties-

Color  Color when a person looks at the mineral.

Streak   Color which is produced when mineral is scratched.

Luster

Metallic Luster                                         Non-Metallic Luster

Cleavage   Minerals which cut evenly

Fracture  Minerals which cut unevenly

Composition   Chemical properties.

Other Properties:

Magnetism  Minerals that consist magnetic energy

Mineral Identification

Graphite:

Color-Silver

Luster-Metallic

Opaque

Fracture

Quartz:

Color-Transparent, White

Luster-Non Metallic

Clear, blurry image

Cleavage

Rock Types

Rock Cycle

Rocks change constantly from one type to another. First the magma uplifts by the force of gases through a mountain, which is mostly referred as Volcano. When these molten rocks travel outside, they are named as lava. Because of the different temperature of inside and outside of earth, the lava solidifies and become solid, known as Igneous Rock. By weathering and erosion, the rocks break down in small sediments. Later, these sediments are pushed together and become a new rock, known as Sedimentary Rock. As the rocks travel downwards by the layers of the earth, they heat up and pressure acts on them, making layers and producing another kind of Metamorphic Rock. The rocks keep travelling downwards, and finally meet up with magma, which is located at the most bottom of the layers. And so on, the rock forming cycle keeps working.

Rocks

Metamorphic Rock: Rocks formed by heat and pressure.

Magma: Molted rocks inside the earth.

Lava: Molted rocks outside the earth.

Solidification: The process by which lava cools down and becomes solid.

Igneous Rock: Rocks formed when lava is cooled down and solidifying.

Weathering: When rocks are broken down by storms etc.

Erosion: When rocks are moved from the surface by winds etc.

Sediment: Small rocks broke down by weathering and erosion.

Compaction: Process by which sediments come together.

Cementation: Process by which sediments are glued together.

Sedimentary Rock: Rocks formed when compaction and cementation takes place with sediments.

Rock Types

Igneous Intrusive Rock: Igneous Rocks that are formed inside of the earth.

Igneous Extrusive Rock: Igneous Rocks that are formed outside of the earth.

Sedimentary Clastic Rock: Sedimentary rocks formed when little fragments are glued together.

Sedimentary Crystalline Rock: Sedimentary Rocks formed when minerals and evaporation.

Sedimentary Bioclastic Rock: Sedimentary Rocks formed when left over of dead organisms are glued together.

Metamorphic Foliated Rock: Metamorphic Rocks formed as layers.

Metamorphic Non-Foliated Rock: Metamorphic Rocks formed without layers.

Rock's Daily Life Video

Rock Cycle - Class K - #2

About Me

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