
Minerals and Rocks
TEMPLATES ENGLISH
Created on October 16, 2018
More creations to inspire you
LET’S GO TO LONDON!
Personalized
SLYCE DECK
Personalized
ENERGY KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Personalized
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Personalized
ABOUT THE EEA GRANTS AND NORWAY
Personalized
DOWNFALLL OF ARAB RULE IN AL-ANDALUS
Personalized
HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT KEY
Personalized
Transcript
Get Started
Will you be able to save the Planet?
Find the 4 exploration points
Go back to The System
There is no mention to the word stone in Geology, rather rock or mineral. Rocks are naturally formed, consolidated material composed of grains of one or more minerals, as a consequence of a geological process.
Types of minerals: copper, sulfur, quartz, diamond, calcite, graphite, etc.
Types of rocks: granite, marble, slate, quartzite, conglomerate, etc.
Minerals are solid, natural and inorganic substances that have a definite chemical composition and an interior ordered structure
Keep going
You've got your first rock.
GRANITE
Retry
GRANITO
Find the 4 exploration points
Go back to The System
Properties of minerals according to their interaction with light
Luster: describes the appearance of a mineral when light is reflected from its surface.
Transparency: the amount of light able to be passed through a mineral.
Color: the color the mineral presents.
Fluorescence: when exposed to ultraviolet light some minerals "glow"
Properties of minerals according to chemical reactions
Reaction with acids
Solubility
Radioactivity
Properties of minerals according to their composition and structure
Density: relationship between the mass of a mineral and the volume it occupies.
Conductivity: ease of a mineral to transmit electric current.
Crystal Form: describes the appearance and shape of the mineral.
Properties of minerals in response to an effort
Hardness: Resistance offered by the surface of the mineral to be scratched.
Fractures: breakage of a mineral along an irregular surface.
Cleavage: how it breaks when put under stress, in successive thin shells, or spalls
Keep going
You've got your first mineral.
QUARTZ
Retry
CUARZO
Find the 4 exploration points
Go back to The System
Rocks classification
Sedimentary rocks : are formed in layers as in sediments. Are classified in:
- Clastic Rocks: composed of other rock fragments.
- Chemical Rocks: the accumulation of materials on the surface is product of chemical reactions.
- Biochemical Rocks: sometimes living beings form rocks due to the accumulation of their remains
Rocks classification
Igneous rocks : are formed in when magma cools and hardens
- Intrusive Rocks: its solidification occours on the inside
- Extrusive sRocks: its solidification occours on the outside
Classification of minerals
- Native elements: formed by a single chemical element.
- Halides: with color, iodine or fluoride.
- Oxides: metals combine with oxygen..
- Sulfides: combinations of sulfur and a metal.
- Carbonates: contain carbon and oxygen.
- Sulfates: sulfur and oxygen compounds..
- Phosphates: with phosphorus and oxygen.
- Silicates : with silicon and oxygen.
Rocks classification
Metamorphic Rocks: arise from the transformation of existing rock types when subjected to heat and pressure, not melting though.
- Foliated Rocks
- Non-foliated Rocks
Keep going
You've got your second rock.
MARBLE
Retry
MÁRMOL
Find the 4 exploration points
Go back to The System
Utility of Rocks
- For the construction. Example: blackboard
- For the energy industry. Example: coal.
- For chemical use. Example: phosphate rocks.
- For ornamental use. Example: marble.
Review Video
Utility of Minerals
- For the metal industry. Example: magnetite.
- For the construction. Example: plaster.
- For the chemical industry. Example: pyrite.
- For jewelry. Example: gold
- For the food industry. Example: halite.
Keep going
You've got your second mineral.
Diamond
Retry
GRANITO
CUARZO
MÁRMOL
DIAMANTE
Go into the Base and get the key to deactivate the missile that could destroy the Earth
Go back to The System
2
9
0
4
MARBLE
QUARTZ
DIAMOND
GRANITE
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Retry