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Mineral Identification: The Beauty of Nature
http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/mineral/minerals.htm
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This website contains a set of lessons on mineral identification. Upon completing this exercise, the student will be able to identify many of the common minerals by using the following physical properties: color, streak, luster, cleavage/fracture, hardness, crystal shape, and specific gravity. Teachers will need sets of minerals and some tools for students to work with. Links are available for growing crystals, miscellaneous California localities of interest, and online galleries. In addition, several books useful to the mineralogist are reviewed.
Intended for grade levels:
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
    • Lab activity
  • Visual:
    • Photograph
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Mineralogy or petrology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright and Other Restrictions Information is Unknown.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-001-668
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: David R. Jessey
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Publisher: California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Department of Geological Sciences
http://geology.csupomona.edu/default.htm