Name ____________________________

Mineral Webquest
SITE #1
http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/index.html

Click on Minerals in your house link. List 8 minerals found in each of the four areas of your home.
Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen Living Room

Minerals are not the same they all have different Properties which help you to identify the mineral.
Scientist use property test to narrow down what minerals can be used to create various resources that we need.
Go back to the home page and click on Mineral Properties. Each item in black is a property used to identify a
mineral click on each section to learn what they are

Click on Hardness.
1. Who was the guy who invented the hardness scale?____________________________________________________

2. Where was he from?____________________________

3. What is the biggest misconception with a diamond? WHY?

4. What is meant by a mineral hardness?
 Name ____________________________
Complete the chart below.
Hardness Mineral Common object
1 ------

2
3 ------

4
5 ------

6 ------

7
8 ------

9 ------

10 ------

Go back to Mineral Properties

Click on Streak.
1. What happens to the streak plate if a mineral has a hardness of 7 or greater?

2. What color streak will Hematite always give you?

3. What does the word Streak mean?

Go back to Mineral Properties

Click on Fluorescent minerals
1. Flourescent minerals are minerals that glow in the dark or emit light when exposed to
________________________

Click on Luster
1. What does luster mean?
2. Minerals can only be considered to have______________ or non________________luster
A mineral that has a metallic luster is__________________________________
CHART OF NON METALLIC LUSTER COMPLETE THE CHART AS TO WHAT EACH TYPE OF LUSTER MEANS
TYPE OF LUSTER WHAT DOES IT MEAN
Glassy
Pearly
Silky
Virtreous
Adamintine
 Name ____________________________

SITE #2
http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/EarthMaterials/activities/mohsdrill.html

Play the game on the site above.

You must use the correct bits in order to get out.
DONT FORGET TO USE YOUR COMMON OBJECT TO TEST THE HARDNESS BEFORE YOU DRILL.

Record your seconds left Game 1 ______________

Game 2 _______________

Game 3 ______________