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BIG IDEAS PRE-LAB VIDEO

Minerals comprise rocks and are described and classified
on the basis of their physical and chemical properties.
Every person depends on minerals and elements refined
from them, but the supply of minerals is nonrenewable,
and the magnitude of their use may be unsustainable.

FOCUS YOUR INQUIRY

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THINK What are minerals and crystals, and how are they
About It related to rocks and elements?

ACTIVITY 3.1 Mineral and Rock Inquiry (p. 74 )
THINK
About It | How and why do people study minerals?

ACTIVITY 3.2 Mineral Properties (p. 77 )

ACTIVITY 3.3 Determining Specific Gravity (SG) (p. 86 )

THINK How and why do people study minerals? How do
About It you personally depend on minerals and elements
extracted from them?

3 ACTIVITY 3.4 Mineral Identification and Uses (p. 88 )

THINK How do you personally depend on minerals and
About It elements extracted from them? How sustainable
is your personal dependency on minerals and
L A B O R A T O R Y elements extracted from them?

ACTIVITY 3.5 The Mineral Dependency Crisis (p. 89 )
Mineral Properties, THINK How sustainable is your personal dependency

Identification, About It on minerals and elements extracted from them?

and Uses ACTIVITY 3.6 Urban Ore (p. 99 )

C ONTRIBUTING A UTHORS
Jane L. Boger • SUNY, College at Geneseo
Philip D. Boger • SUNY, College at Geneseo
Roseann J. Carlson • Tidewater Community College
Charles I. Frye • Northwest Missouri State University
Michael F. Hochella, Jr. • Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Bingham Canyon Mine, southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is
primarily a copper mine, but gold, silver, and other metals have also
been extracted from the ore here for over a century. (Michael Collier)
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