Download minerals done - Geology12-7

Monique V. + Jordan O.
Ellie D.+ Vaughn R.
Minerals
Amphibole (hornblende):
http://www.soes.soton.ac.uk/resources/collection/minerals/minerals/images/M34-AHornblende.jpg
Uses:
Characteristics: dark colored rock. Used only for mineral specimens.
Apatite:
http://geology.com/minerals/photos/apatite-447-a.jpg
Uses: manufacturer of fertilizer, source of phosphorus, occasionally used as gemstone.
Characteristics: : Can come in a range of colors and is used for rare earth metal ores.
Abestos:
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/minerals/PublishingImages/asbestos1.JPG
uses: added to building materials to give them strength, color, and in some cases to act as a filler
characteristics: be green or black with a fibrous form and is toxic
Azurite:
http://crystal-cure.com/pics/azurite4.jpg
uses: ore of copper, gemstone, and ornamental stone
characteristics: Comes in tiny blue crystals in an earthy mass
Bornite:
http://www.galleries.com/minerals/sulfides/bornite/bornite.jpg
uses: ore of copper, no other significant uses
characteristics: Comes in either a purple or blue metallic mass
Calcite:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/geology/images/calcite_med.jpg
uses: to form limestone and marble
characteristics: Usually a white, pink , or yellow crystal. Large reaction to acid test.
Chalcopyrite:
http://www.dicts.info/img/ud/chalcopyrite.jpg
uses: ore of copper
characteristics: Metallic, brassy yellow crystal.
Chlorite:
geology.com/minerals/chlorite.shtml
uses: industrial uses. Used as a filler and as constituent of clay
characteristics: Found in a range of greens and usually in the form of a scaly mass.
Feldspar (plagioclase):
http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/1Minerals/1IgneousMineralz/Feldspars/Plagioclase
Cleavage.JPG
uses: common raw material in the production of ceramics and geopolymers, used for dating in
earth sciences and archaeology, used in household cleaner
characteristics: Found as white tubular crystals.
Feldspar (potassium):
http://www.learnearthscience.com/pages/Unit_Links/images/Potassium%20feldspar.jpg
uses: common raw material of glasses and ceramics, porcelain, and scouring powder
characteristics: Usually white or pink, pearly, stubby crystals.
Fluorite:
www.westerdesign.com/rockgallary.htm
uses: ornamental uses, used as a flux for steel, cooking utensils, glass, hydrofluoric acid,
telescopes and camera lenses
characteristics: Can be green or purple cubic crystals.
Galena:
http://www.learnearthscience.com/pages/Unit_Links/mineral_images.htm
Uses: most important ore of lead, batteries, lead sheets, pipe and shot
Characteristics: A metallic lead grey mineral that comes in cube form.
Garnet:
http://www.learnearthscience.com/pages/Unit_Links/mineral_images.htm
uses: gemstone and sandpaper
characteristics: Commonly a red crystal.
Gold:
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/California/gold3.jpg
uses: electronics, medicine, dentistry, computers, pigments, gilding, optics, jewelry
characteristics: a metallic gold, heavy, substance.
Graphite:
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/pix/graphite1.jpg
uses: pencil lead, oil, lubricant
characteristics: Scaly, black, metallic substance.
Gypsum:
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/pix/gypsum4.jpg
uses: wallboard and cement
characteristics: White, colourless, chalky mass.
Halite:
http://www.thunderhealing.org/rock/salt.jpg
uses: salt, human and animal diet, food seasoning and preservation, hydrochloric acid, chlorine,
metallic sodium, soap, mineral waters
characteristics: clear, perfect cube structure
Hematite:
http://net-troy.net/Documents/hematite.jpg
uses: ore of iron, pigment
characteristics: steel grey or an earthy red colour, in a metallic or earthy, scaly mass.
Limonite:
http://www.mikalac.com/tech/sci/pho/limonite.jpg
uses: minor ore of iron
characteristics: a yellow brown earthy mass
Magnetite:
http://www.mii.org/Minerals/minpics/Magnetite.jpg
uses: steel, cleaners, windows, toner
characteristics: a black metallic, magnetic mass.
Malachite:
http://www.geocities.jp/senribb/jewels/Malachite.jpg
uses: ore of copper for pipes, electrical circuits, coins, ammunition, and gemstones.
Characteristics: in bright green flakes or earthy masses.
Mica (muscovite, biotite):
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/pix/mica8.jpg
uses: electronics, insulator in high voltage equipment, used for peepholes in boilers
characteristics: comes in bright green flakes or earthy masses.
Molybdenite:
http://www.wrightsrockshop.com/gallery/southamerican/southamerican2images/2molybdenit
e082604.JPG
uses: primary ore of molybdenum and used as a lubricant
characteristics: scaly, metallic, lead grey mass.
Olivine:
http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/RockMin/Olivine-99.JPG
uses: gemstones, bricks, refractory sand.
Characteristics: olive green, grainy mass.
Pyrite:
http://www.teachersparadise.com/ency/en/media/e/ec/pyrite_mass_750pix.jpg
uses: production of sulfur dioxide for the paper industry and sulfuric acid for the chemical
industry.
Characteristics: usually brass yellow and in the form of metallic cubes.
Pyroxene (augite):
http://www.indiana.edu/~g103/G103/wk3/andesite.jpg
uses: no significant uses
characteristics: come in dark green, stuby crystals.
Pyrrhotite:
http://tasaclips.com/photos/minerals/pyrrhotite.jpg
uses : mined primarily because it is associated with pentlandite, sulfide mineral that can contain
significant amounts of nickel and cobalt.
Characteristics: found as a bronze yellow, metallic mass.
Quartz family:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/geology/images/3quartz.JPG
uses: glass, soaps, ceramics, sandblasting
characteristics: clear, but colors range. Very hard prism shaped crystals
Sphalerite:
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/pix/sphalerite1.jpg
uses: primary ore of zinc, mined because it contains minor amounts of indium, cadmium,
germanium or gallium.
Characteristics: usually brown or yellow, metallic tetrahedral crystals.
Talc:
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Vermont/TalcUSGOV.jpg
uses: paint, ceramics, rubber, roofing, paper
characteristics: a white, waxy, very soft mass.