The Main Character(istics)
There are the 5 characterisitcs of a mineral (name 3).
Solid, inorganic, natural, crystalline structure, and chemical composition.
These are the 3 ways minerals form (name 2).
What is from water solution, cooling magma, or heat and pressure?
This mineral test uses a white porcelin plate to determine the powder color of a mineral.
What is streak?
These are common uses for a mineral (name one).
What are electronics, cooking, food consumption, pencils, toothpaste, jewlery, construction, etc.?
This is Coach Thomas' current height.
What is 6'3"?
This word describes non-living material (never was living or alive).
What is inorganic?
Minerals that cool slowly inside the earth have these size crystals.
What are large crystals?
This mineral test measures how resistant a mineral is to being scratched.
What is hardness?
This word refers to the rock form of a mineral which is mined and typically has valuable metals such as iron, silver, and gold).
What is ore?
This is the high school Mr. McKeon graduated from in 2009.
What is J. R. Tucker?
This is the name of the repeating patterns and shapes that atoms arrange themselves in for each mineral.
What is crystalline structure?
These are the 4 most common elements in earth's crust (name 3).
What are iron, aluminum, oxygen, and silicon?
Based on Mohs Hardness Scale, name a mineral we studied with a hardness of 4 or less.
What is flourite, calcite, sulfur, gypsum, galena, muscovite, chalcopyrite, halite, and talc?
These two minerals are the primary source of iron that is used for smelting and steel production around the world.
What are hematite and magnetite?
What school elective did Coach Thomas win multiple district and a state championship in?
Chorus (Madrigals)
The elements in the mineral quartz are SiO2. This is an example of...
Chemical composition
This is how the Crystal Caves formed in Mexico.
What is sulfide rich water bonds with dissolved oxygen and crystallizes into the mineral gypsum?
This is the term used to describe smooth edges and repeating patterns along which minerals break.
What is cleavage?
This mineral is found in limestone caverns, such as Luray Cavrens, and forms as carbonic acid in water dissolves limestone.
What is calcite?
This is Mr. McKeon's age when he got married in 2018.
What is 27?