Most Wanted Minerals
As Campbell’s top investigative geologist, you must construct a wanted poster for one of the area’s most hardened criminals … a mineral of your choice. You will need to do a little research to help you create your wanted poster. Use your textbook, notebook, and the Internet. You can find links to several Web sites on the blog.You will need to find properties like hardness, luster, color, etc. to use for your Hardened Criminal's description. Create a "Wanted" poster with a large, colorful "mug shot" and all the data you have collected.
Your poster must include the following parts.
1. Vital statistics (properties) for your mineral:
-Hardness (Mohs Number and what it means: scratched by? scratches?)
- Luster
-Streak
-Color
-Chemical Composition (Example: H20)
-Any Special Properties (see page 73 in your book)
2. Mugshot
-A picture of the mineral (this can be printed off the computer or drawn by you)
3. Uses
Why is your mineral wanted? Explain how your mineral is useful to humans.
Most Wanted Minerals
As Campbell’s top investigative geologist, you must construct a wanted poster for one of the area’s most hardened criminals … a mineral of your choice. You will need to do a little research to help you create your wanted poster. Use your textbook, notebook, and the Internet. You can find links to several Web sites on the blog. You will need to find properties like hardness, luster, color, etc. to use for your Hardened Criminal's description. Create a "Wanted" poster with a large, colorful "mugshot" and all the data you have collected.
Your poster must include the following parts.
1. Vital statistics (properties) for your mineral:
-Hardness (Mohs Number and what it means: scratched by? scratches?)
- Luster
-Streak
-Chemical Composition (Example: H20)
-Color
-Any Special Properties (see page 73 in your book)
2. Mugshot
-A picture of the mineral (this can be printed off the computer or drawn by you)
3. Uses
Why is your mineral wanted? Explain how your mineral is useful to humans.
Name ______Date ______Class ______
Wanted Poster Rubric
Vital Statistics(Information is accurate) / ____ Hardness: ___ Moh’s number ___scratched by
____ Luster
____Streak
____ Color
____ Chemical Composition (Example: H20)
____ Special Properties
Mug Shot / ____ Picture of mineral
Uses / ___ Explain how it is used by humans
Other / ___ Attractive/Colorful
___ Neat (easy to read, not crumpled)
Obvious time was used to complete (not done in homeroom)
Score
5 points each / ______x 2 = ______
Comments:
Name ______Date ______Class ______
Wanted Poster Rubric
Vital Statistics(Information is accurate) / ____ Hardness: ___ Moh’s number ___scratched by
____ Luster
____Streak
____ Color
____ Chemical Composition (Example: H20)
____ Special Properties
Mug Shot / ____ Picture of mineral
Uses / ___ Explain how it is used by humans
Other / ___ Attractive/Colorful
___ Neat (easy to read, not crumpled)
Obvious time was used to complete (not done in homeroom)
Score
5 points each / ______x 2 = ______
Comments:
Approved Web sites:
General Information
1. Amethyst Galleries: Minerals Gallery (Pictures, classification, etc.)
2. Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom (Pictures, classification, etc.)
3. Geology.com (Pictures, classification, uses, etc.)
4. Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection(Limited pictures)
Uses of Minerals
1. National Mining Association (Uses of minerals)
2. Gold Traders (Uses of Minerals)
3. Better Homes and Garden (Uses of minerals)
Minerals for Research Sign-up Sheet
1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4thAluminum
Alexandrite
Amethyst
Antimony
Aquamarine
Barium
Beryllium
Bloodstone
Calcite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Cobalt
Copper
Diamond
Dolomite
Emerald
Fluorite
Garnet
Galena
Gallium
Gold
Gypsum
Halite
Hematite
Indium
Iron Ore
Jadeite
Lead
Lithium
Opal
Magnetite
Manganese
Mica
Molybdenum
Nickel
Olivine
Peridot
Perlite
Platinum
Phosphate
Pyrite
Quartz (silica)
Ruby
Sapphire
Silver
Staurolite
Sulfur
Talc
Tantalum
Titanium
Tungsten
Turquoise
Uranium
Vanadium
Wollastonite
Zeolites
Zinc
Zircon