Isabella D.

: Mineral Identification Data

Definition Color
The color of the mineral.

Observations #24a Good Writer

Silver

Guess 1
Graphite
Iron black to steelgrey

Guess 2
Lead
Grey, but often coated with white Hydrocerrusite. Metallic None/Hackly 11.341 g/cm cubed Grey

Actual Mineral
Graphite
Iron black to steel-grey

Luster Cleavage/ Fracture Density Streak

How much light it reflects. How smooth or how rough it is. How closely atoms are packed together. The color of the line when mineral is rubbed against streak plate. How much it resists to be scratched. A property that not all minerals have in common. The purpose of the mineral.

Sub-Metallic 70% smooth 30% rough Light Silver

Sub-Metallic Perfect/Micaceous 2.26 g/cm cubed Black to steel grey

Sub-Metallic Perfect/ Micaceous 2.26 g/cm cubed Black to steel grey

1-2 Cannot find special property.

1-2

1.5 Cannot find special property. Used for many things most having to do with metal(ex: Batteries) 0.94 USD/lbs.

1-2 Cannot find special property To write with

Hardness Special Properties

Cannot find special property To write with

Uses

Value

What value it has in the world.

Not much

Not much

Where found

Where the mineral is found.

China is the largest graphite producing country.

Sources

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Lead can sometimes be found in nature in its pure form but most of the time it has to http://www.rock sforkids.com/R FK/identificatio n.html

China is the largest graphite producing country http://webmineral .com/Alphabetic al_Listing.shtml# .Uk3FWSSsiSp

My Description: My mineral was pure iron black to steel-grey. My mineral would write really well, in fact the name graphite means, to write. Actual Mineral Image Guess 1 image Guess 2 Image

Lab Drawing

Fun Drawing

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