You can’t always tell what mineral you’ve got by its color; lots of them look alike. How can you tell them apart?It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource ...
There are a lot of ways to tell one mineral from another; color and shape are good indicators but they can deceive you. Mineralogists (people who study minerals) have other ways to test samples to see ...
Make three different saturated solutions and see how different minerals form crystals over time.:It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource, you will be re ...
Some minerals are harder than others because of how strongly their atoms are bound together at the molecular level. How do we find out which minerals are harder and which are softer?It is an education ...
Crystals like to form on a substrate, or base surface of some kind; the texture, composition, and surface area of the substrate influences the formation of the crystals. Use four different household o ...
By applying more and more pressure to a piece of aluminum foil “clay,” we can discover, stage by stage, how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.It is an educational co ...
The difference between quartz monzonite and gneiss is a lot of pressure. In this experiment, we'll learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and f ...
Create your own miniature salt flats at home.It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource, you will be redirected to the content. If you want to download the ...
Magma is a mixture of molten rock and solids, found deep underneath the surface of the earth. It's most commonly associated with volcanoes, which shoot lava,which is magma that has come up from underg ...