Name, chemical formula and crystalline structure
- General Properties (8 listed in Chapter 2)
- Uses and value
- Locations where the mineral is mined.
- Other interesting facts
Due on Friday, March 1 at midnight.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Man! Those Minerals!
Chose a mineral to research. Write a summary of the mineral, including each of the following:
Name, chemical formula and crystalline structure
Due on Friday, March 1 at midnight.
Name, chemical formula and crystalline structure
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ReplyDeleteCopper is a copper-red on fresh surface. Copper has a density of 8.9. Copper is also known as Cu, and is part of the native elements. Copper has a great malleability and has a metallic luster, and fractures. Copper’s crystal structure is a Face-centers cubic. Copper is the third most used metal after iron and aluminum. Copper is used for electrical purposes, such as power transmission, and generation. Copper is also used for cookware; it is a impressive conductor of heat and electricity. Copper is one of the oldest metals used and it has influenced the development of civilization. Copper has been a major industry since the rise of the Michigan Copper district in the 1840s. In 2012, the U.S. was the fourth largest behind Chile, China, and Peru.
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ReplyDeleteIron is the most common material since it makes up most of the planet. Iron is just an element, not a compound so it does not have a chemical formula, but it is represented by Fe. Iron's atom is made up of 26 protons, 30 neutrons, and 26 electrons. Iron is very lustrous and a grey-ish silver color. It rusts very easily. Iron is also very malleable. When iron meets carbon it makes steel which is alot stronger than iron. Iron is so useful that there is to much stuff to count that its used for. it could be used in making cars, tools, boats, aircraft, computers, furniture etc. Since there is so much iron it is not worth that much but today its worth about 140 dollars per 2200 pounds. most Iron is mined in China, Australia, and Brazil. Since Iron has alot of electrons other elements are attracted to it which makes it very magnetible. There is also Iron in our blood. Many stars and our sun have alot of iron. the symbol for iron which is Fe comes form the latin word ferrum. iron makes up most of the core and 5.6% of the crust
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DeleteZincs chemical formula is ZnO. Crystal Structure of zinc is Hexagonal. Chemical series is Transition metals. Group, period, and block of zinc are 12, 4, d. Appearance is a Bluish pale gray color. Atomic mass is 65.409(4)g/mol. Electron configuration is [Ar] 3d10 4s2. Electrons per shell are either 2, 8, 18. Zinc is the 23rd most abundant element in the earth's crust. Sphalerite, zinc sulfide, is and has been the principal ore mineral in the world. Zinc is necessary to modern living, and, in tonnage produced, stands fourth among all metals in world production. Zinc uses range from metal products to rubber and medicines. About three-fourths of zinc used is consumed as metal, mainly as a coating to protect iron and steel from corrosion (galvanized metal), as alloying metal to make bronze and brass, as zinc-based die casting alloy, and as rolled zinc. The remaining one-fourth is consumed as zinc compounds mainly by the rubber, chemical, paint, and agricultural industries. Zinc is also a necessary element for proper growth and development of humans, animals, and plants; it is the second most common trace metal, after iron, naturally found in the human body. Zinc ore is mined using underground and surface mining or a combination of both. The Sterling Hill Mine is famous for mining zinc. The mines are closed now except for tours. After the ore is mined, they do something called flash smelting where they heat up the ore until it makes zinc oxide. Zinc ore is mined in China, Australia, Peru, Canada, and the U.S. [Alaska, Tennessee, Missouri].
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ReplyDeleteIgnore my last comment I'm doing sulfur.
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to do Feldspar
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ReplyDeleteQuartz, sapphire, Borax, Vanadinite, Agate and Garnet are all gemstones. You have to be specific or else you are reserving a topic which is already taken. A list of gemstones can be found here: http://goo.gl/02O8S
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ReplyDeleteLea-nne. is doing lea-d. LEAD
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ReplyDeleteIgnore what i said -.- guess im doing Garnet
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ReplyDeletehello friends greetings i is doing "tellurium" HELLUR-TELLUR-IUM :) lets get hype lets win the game
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ReplyDeletemagnesium is a moderately hard, silvery white metal, the lightest of all structural metals. metallic magnesium is sometimes used because of the brilliant white light it produces when it reacts with oxygen. For example, at one time, the flash bulbs used in photography contained a strip of magnesium metal which, when ignited, produced light by which the photograph could be taken. The abundance of magnesium in the Earth's crust is estimated to be about 2.1%, making it the sixth most common element in the earth. Magnesium compouns have beeen known and used by humans for many centuries. The first detailed scientific study of those compounds was conducted by the Scottish physician and chemist Joseph Black in the eighteenth century.
ReplyDeletemy resources was www.bookrags.com/research/magnesium-woc/
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ReplyDeleteI am doing the gemstone called topaz
ReplyDeleteNickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Eight properties of Nickel is:
ReplyDeleteColor : Silvery-white metal
Phase : Solid
Conductivity: Fairly good conductor of heat and electricity
Ductility: It can be beaten into extremely thin sheets
Malleability: It’s capable of being shaped or bent
Luster: Exhibits a shine or glow
Hardness: Harder than iron
Ferromagnetic: Nickel is easily magnetized
Nickel is used primarily for the alloys it forms. It is used for making stainless steel and many other corrosion resistant alloys. Copper-nickel alloy tubing is used in desalination plants. Nickel is used in coinage and for armor plating. When added to glass, nickel gives a green color. Nickel plating is applied to other metals to provide a protective coating. Finely divided nickel is used as a catalyst for hydrogenating vegetable oils. Nickel is also used in ceramics, magnets, and batteries. The market value of nickel is $52,300 per tonne. Nickel is mined in Russia, Australia, Canada, and New Caledonia.
Some interesting facts:
*Canada is the #1 place where nickel is mined.
*The name nickel comes from a German word meaning "devil's copper".
*Nickel is commonly found in meteorites.
*Nickel is required for animal and plant health.
*Nickel can also negatively affect human health.
The color of topaz can be: White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Purple, Gray, or Multicolored. White (or clear) is the most common color of topaz. The colorless variety generally has the least value, but stones can sell for $80 or more, depending on size and quality. Topaz is used in jewelry. The luster of topaz is Vitreous and the Cleavage is 1,3 - basal. The crystal form is orthorhombic and the hardness would be 8. Topaz fracture is Irregular/Uneven, Sub-Conchoidal and density is 3.4 - 3.6 g/cm3. Topaz has a white streak. Topaz is mined in Australia, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Pakistan, Brazil, and the U.S.A. (California, New Hampshire, Utah). It is mined using surface mining such as open pit mining. Underground mining is sometimes used, too. An interesting fact about topaz is orange-yellow topaz is the most valuable.The chemical formula of the mineral topaz is Al2SiO4(F,OH)3.
ReplyDeleteSilver is used for jewelry, ornaments, trade, and currency. Thought to have special properties, Phoecians stored their water, vinegar, and wine in silver bottles to prevent spoiling. Pure AG (Periodic table of Elements name for silver) has a brilliant white color and highest optical reflectivity, thermal, and electrical conductivity. The atomic number for silver is 47 and the atomic mass is 107.87. Silver was once valued as second only to gold. Today silver is mined in Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of South America and Africa. Pure silver is an element and is identified as AG in the periodic table of elements. It has a melting point of 961.93 degrees Celsius and a boiling point of 2212 degrees Celsius. According to www.chemicalelements.com the crystalline structure of silver is cubic.
ReplyDeleteThe mmineral known as gold has symbolized power and wealth since the beginning of time. Even today.
ReplyDeleteToday, gold continues to be the symbol of wealth and success to many people. Gold jewelry is worn as if to pronounce "I am successful!" Over the millennia the great monetary value attached to gold has been reflected in jewelry, amulets, masks, figurines, facing, coating of glass and porcelain, even threads in fabrics.
It is said that gold can balance energy fields, and is beneficial for opening and balancing the third eye and crown chakras, as well it can also balance the heart chakra. It can remove negative energy from the chakras and bring in the positive from the stones it is with.
3 Countries With The Largest Gold Reserves
Australia
South Africa
Russia
Aluminum is a shiny, silvery white colored that is light in weight and strong. The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/mL. This means the metal will sink in water, but is still relatively light. The surface of aluminum metal is covered with a thin layer of oxide that helps protect the metal from attack by air. No other metallic element can be used in so many ways across such a variety of domains. It can be used in homes, in transport, on land, sea and in air, and in energy and commerce. One . Of the most common uses of aluminum is packaging, including drink cans, foil wrappings, bottle tops, and foil containers. Aluminum is mined in Australia (the top producer) China, Brazil, Guinea, and India. Every minute of everyday, an average of more average than 123,000 aluminum cans are recycled. Since 1972, an estimated 660-plus billion beverage cans have been recycled- placed , they could stretch to the moon nearly 300 times. Aluminum is light, strong-resistant, nonmagnetic, nontoxic and naturally good looking.
ReplyDeleteLead's color is a grayish metallic color. Lead has a streak of gray and has a metallic luster. Leads crystal form is a face centered cubic. Hardness of lead is 2-2.5 Gypsum finger nail. The fracture is malleable which is when it deforms rather than breaking apart with a hammer. Also the density is 11.37. The lead industry is undergoing dramatic change. Many products once made with lead no longer use the element. The purpose of this change is to reduce the amount of lead that gets into the environment. Examples of such products include ammunition, such as shot and bullets; sheet lead used in building construction; solder; water and sewer pipes; ball bearings; radiation shielding; and gasoline. These changes are possible because manufacturers are finding safer elements to use in place of lead. Currently lead is usually found in ore with zinc, silver and copper and it is extracted together with these metals. The main lead mineral in Galena and there are also deposits of cerrussite and anglesite which are mined. Galena is mined in Australia, which produces 19% of the world's new lead, followed by the USA, China, Peru' and Canada. Some is also mined in Mexico and West Germany.
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ReplyDeleteThe mineral tellurium's chemical formula is Te (Te52). Telluriums crystalline structure is hexagonal. Some general properties of Tellurium are that since it is a mineral it's naturally occurring, which means its formed by natural geologic processes. It's also a solid substance, with an orderly crystalline structure. Tellurium has a definite chemical composition, most minerals are chemical compounds made of two or more elements. It is also generally considered inorganic. Some uses of Tellurium are alloying and semiconductors. Alloying is mixing two or more metals together melting them to make a stronger substance. Tellurium is also used for making ceramics, chalcogenide glasses, tinting glasses, blasting caps and initiators. Tellurium is also a gasoline additive to reduce engine knocks. Tellurium is located in Canada, the United States, Peru, and Japan.
*Other Interesting Facts About Tellurium*
-It is a metalloid (radioactive metalloid)
-If you are exposed to Tellurium you'll experience garlic breath, dry mouth, headaches, nausea, and drowsiness.
-Tellurium is silvery white with a metallic luster.
-The atomic mass of Telurium is 127.6
-It's melting point is 841.1 degrees Ferenheit
-It's density is 6.25g/cm cubed
-It's hardness is 2-2.5
-It's specific gravity is 6.1-6.3
-Tellurium was first discovered in 1782 by Franz Joseph Muller von Reichenstein. At that time, he was the chief inspector of gold mines in Transylvania.
-Tellurium's pure form is found fused in telluride of gold and silver.
*SOURCES*
-Certain Physical Properties of Single Crystals of Tungsten, Antimony, Bismuth, Tellurium, Cadmium, Zinc, and Tin
P. W. Bridgman
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Vol. 60, No. 6 (Oct., 1925), pp. 305-383
Published by: American Academy of Arts & Sciences
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/tellurium-uses.html
http://www.webelements.com/tellurium/crystal_structure.html
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Thorium is a silvery gray or white mineral. Thorium is an element and its chemical formula is represented by Th. Thorium’s atomic number is 90. Thorium is very air stable and retains its luster for several months going from white to gray to finally pure black in color. Thorium is slowly attacked by water, but can’t be dissolved by common acids accept hydrochloric acid. Pure thorium is soft, very .ductile, and can be cold-rolled, swaged, and drawn. Thorium can be used as nuclear power and has been used as aircraft parts. Thorium is mined in the US, Australia, India, and Norway with other countries having smaller mines. Some fun facts about thorium; thorium has 200x the nuclear power of uranium and is more abundant than tin. Thorium was named after the Norse thunder god Thor by Jöns Jakob Berzelius in 1858.
ReplyDeleteCobalt is among one of the 27 of the worlds most essential minerals. Cobalt is one of the main components of the vitamin B12. Coblat is also ferromagnetic which means its highly magnetic. Cobalt is a shiny, gray metal that is very brittle and is made up of closely packed hexagon shaped crystal at room temperature. Although, when put in temperatures higher than 421 degrees celsius, 789.8 derees fahrenheit, the hexagon shapes turn into cube like shapes. Cobalts atomic number on the periodic table is 27 and it's between iron and nickel. Cobalts density is 8.8 grams/cm3, it's classified as a metallic, and it's symbol is Co. Cobalt is generally used in jet turbines and gas turbine generators. It is also used in magnets and some types of paints and ceramics. Cobalt is roughly $100 per pound. The main places Cobalt is found are Tenke Fungurume, Kolwezi, Nkana, Moa, Kamato, Raglan, Voisey's Bay.
ReplyDeleteSilicon is an element whose chemical formula is SiO2. On the periodic table, silicon is symbolized using Si and has an atomic number of 14. In its crystalline form, silicon has a metallic luster, gray color, and is very brittle. Silicon’s crystalline structure is similar to that of carbon and germanium, and crystallizes in a diamond cubic crystal structure with lattice spacing. Silicon is a semiconductor and is used abundantly in the electrical industry. It is also used in computers, transistors, LCD screens,solar cells, high temperature greases and waxes, breast implants, contact lenses, explosives and pyrotechnics. Silicates can be used to make both pottery and enamel. Sand, which contains silicon, is a very important component of glass. The cost for pure silicon is on average $5.40 per 100g, and the cost for bulk silicon is $0.14 per 100g. Because silicon is the second most abundant material on Earth, miners have little trouble finding it. Two very common sources would be sand and sandstone. Elkem Metals Co. at Alloy Point in Fayette, West Virginia, is one of the few places that silicon is mined. Other silicon plants include Simcala Inc. at Mt. Meigs Point in Montgomery, Alabama and Globe Metallurgical Inc. in Niagara, New York at the Niagara Falls Silicon Plant. There are 8 general properties of silicon. Silicon’s color is a metallic grayish with a metallic luster, classifying it as a metalloid. Its streak is generally black and has a hardness of 7.0 on the Mohs Scale. Silicon has a density of 2.65 g/cm3 and fractures but not always displays cleavage. In its crystal form, silicon has a very brittle texture. Some additional facts about silicon include that about 26% of Earth’s crust is made up of silicon, but it can also be synthetically produced. Silicon has also been used medically to make artificial heart valves and in liquid form for retinal surgery. Meteorites known as aerolites are composed mostly of silicon. When silicon is combined with oxygen, sand forms.
ReplyDeleteBromine iws a redish-brown chemical that is liquid at room temperature. It is known chemically as Br2, and its atomic number is 35. Bromine's density is 3.11 grams per cubic centimeter. Bromine melts at 19 degrees Farenheit, and boils at 137.8 degrees Farenheit. Bromine is used in many areas such as agricultural chemicals, dyes, chemical intermediates and flame-retardants. Most of it is used in vehicles to help them run and not combust. Bromine is extracted from natural brine deposits in the USA and some other places. Bromine is found naturally in the earth's crust and in seawater in various chemical forms. Bromine can also be found as an alternative to chlorine in swimming pools. Bromine has no known biological role. It has an irritating effect on the eyes and throat, and produces painful sores when in contact with the skin. Bromine, when concentrated, will suffocate someone in the same room with it, without the correct protectioin
ReplyDeleteKaolinite is a clay mineral, part of the group of industrial minerals, with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina octahedra. Rocks that are rich in kaolinite are known as kaolin or china clay. The largest use is in the production of paper, including ensuring the gloss on some grades of paper.Kaolinite is one of the most common minerals; it is mined, as kaolin, in Brazil, Bulgaria, France, United Kingdom, Iran, Germany, India, Australia, Korea, the People's Republic of China, the Czech Republic and the United States.Kaolin is eaten for health or to suppress hunger, a practice known as geophagy. Consumption is greater among women, especially during pregnancy. This practice has also been observed within a small population of African-American women in the Southern United States, especially Georgia. There, the kaolin is called white dirt, chalk or white clay.
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ReplyDeleteLimestone is calcareous sedimentary rocks formed at the bottom of lakes and seas with the accumulation of shells, bones and other calcium rich goods. The chemical formula for Limestone is CaCo3. Limestone that will take a polish are considered marbles by most people, but technically, if there are still shells visible or the structure is not crystalline, it is still a limestone.Limestone is often a sandy color but sometimes it can be gray, greenish, or blackish.When you scrape limestone or other forms of calcite across unglazed porcelain, the result is a white-grayish streak, according to Science Olympiad.Typically limestone will have a dull/earthy luster. Limestone does not cleaves it fractures. The hardness of limestone on Mohs scale is a 3. The density of limestone is very variable as it is a natural earth material.Limestone is used for countertops, worktops and a lot more that creates a new stylish look to any home. They can be used for a different purpose like fireplace hearths, mantles and fireplaces.
ReplyDeleteSulfur's chemical formula is S, meaning it is pure sulfur. It has a orthorhombic crystal structure. Sulfur fractures, and it has a yellow streak. Also, it smells like rotten eggs. Sulfur is used to make fireworks, tires, matches, fungicides, insecticides, medicine, sulfuric acid, and agriculture. It is mined in Sicily, Poland, and Chile. In the States, it is mined in Ohio and Michigan. It can also be found in inactive volcanoes. Sulfur lands on a two on the hardness scale, and it looks glassy or waxy when light shines on it.
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ReplyDeleteAmber(C 2 H 2O) is a hard translucent yellow, orange, or brownish-yellow fossil resin, used for making jewelry and other ornamental objects. The main finished products of amber can be divided into four categories: jewelry, smoking articles, objects of art, and devotional articles. Jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings, pendants, finger rings, cuff links, and teething rings for children. Amber can mostly be mined in the Dominican Republican located in the northeast and southwest.
ReplyDeleteGranite is the best-known igneous rock. Many people recognize granite because it is the most common igneous rock found at Earth's surface and because granite is used to make many objects that we encounter in daily life. These include counter tops, floor tiles, paving stone, curbing, stair treads, building veneer and cemetery monuments. Granite is used all around us - expecially if you live in a city. Granite is also well-known from its many world-famous natural exposures. These include: Stone Mountain, Georgia; Yosemite Valley, California, Mount Rushmore, South Dakota; Pike's Peak, Colorado; and White Mountains, New Hampshire. This rock consists mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar. Occasionally some individual crystals (phenocrysts) are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic texture is sometimes known as a porphyry. Granites can be pink to gray in color, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy."Granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a crystalline rock.
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ReplyDeletePotash is the common term for fertilizer forms of the element potassium (K). The name derives from the collection of wood ash in metal pots when the beneficial fertilizer properties of this material were first recognized many centuries ago.
ReplyDeletePotash refers to any potassium compound, although the name is most commonly used for water-soluble salts like potassium chloride and potassium carbonate. These pink or white salts occur naturally, and are often found in rock deposits that formed when ancient seas receded. Potash can also be made by boiling hardwood ash in water to create a runoff that is then processed into useable forms.
Potash has three main uses: fertilizer, livestock feed supplements and industrial processes. 95% of world's potash is used in fertilizers. Potash is a key ingredient in fertilizers that enhance water retention of plants, increases crop yields and plants' disease resistance. In feed supplements, the key function of potash is to contribute to animal growth and milk production. Potash is also used to produce glass, ceramics, soaps etc.
Most potash mines today are deep shaft mines as much as 4,400 feet (1,400 m) underground. Others are mined as strip mines, having been laid down in horizontal layers as sedimentary rock. In above-ground processing plants, the KCl is separated from the mixture to produce a high-analysis natural potassium fertilizer.
Silica: Silica is the most abundant mineral found in the crust of the earth. Industrial sand and gravel, often called "silica," and quartz sand includes sands and gravels with high silicon dioxide contents. It's used in glassmaking for foundry, abrasive, and hydraulic fracturing and for many other industrial uses. Silica sand is mined from sandstones occurring in portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Silica resources for most uses are abundant. Silica mining uses open pit or dredging mining methods with standard mining equipment. Except for temporarily disturbing the immediate area while mining operations are active, sand and gravel mining usually has limited environmental impact.
ReplyDeletemy mineral is Diamonds. diamonds crystalline structure is cubic. the diamond mineral repeats its pattern of eight atoms. the diamonds chemical formula is "C" which means it is essentially pure carbon. the cleavage of a diamond is perfect 111, 111, 111. the diamond can have more then one color, or can be colorless. some diamonds can be white, grey, black, blue or even pink. a diamonds density is 3.5-3.53, average equaling 3.51. diamonds fracture is conchoidal which is a fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces. diamond is at a 10 in hardness, which makes it the hardest mineral. fluorescent and phosphorescent blue are the luminescence's of a diamond. a diamonds luster is adamantine, and its streak is colorless. diamonds can be used for windows, speaker domes, heat sinks, low friction micro bearings, tools used to carve glass, and tools to cut in or carve into hard objects. a diamonds value is determined by carat, color, clarity and cut, 1 CT. equals .2 grams. now having that stated, roughly 1 CT. diamond is equivalent to $6,000. diamonds can be found in many locations. there are African diamond mines, they are located in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Congo, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. there are diamond mines in Russia also they are located in Aikhal, Anabar, Mirny, Nurba, Udachny, Botuobinskaya, Yubelayniy. although many onther places have more then one mine, in India, there is only one active diamond mine active, and it is in Panna. there are also diamond mines in Canada and they are in Diavik, Ekati, Gahcho Kue, Jericho, Snap Lake, and Victor. there are approximately 35 different countries discovered to have found diamonds, but the ones above were only the largest mines to find and produce diamonds. the Greek meaning for diamond is unbreakable. The first diamond was found by a slave in an Indian mine. around 57,000 pounds of diamonds are mined every year. diamonds are formed under intense pressure and heat. a diamonds density is 3.5. the diamond is the most famous gemstone. diamonds themselves are 3.3 billion years old.
ReplyDeleteTitanium is a light, strong, and lustrous transitional metal. It is a white-silver metallic metal. You can find titanium is a light-weight alloy. You can also find it in a powdered form to other materials such as graphite or composites. Titanium is a chemical element in the periodic table. It has a symbol which is Ti and an atomic number of twenty-two. Excellence in resistance to corrosion is what its best known for. The use of titanium is becoming more and more popular. It is commonly found in tennis rackets, golf clubs, bicycles laboratory equipment, wristwatches, and even the outside of laptops. For pure titanium is runs about $40.00 per pound. The price may vary depending on how pure the titanium you purchase is. Titanium is mined through a process called strip mining, which means mining from an open mine. The places it can be found mined in are North America, South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and China. When titanium is mined it is normally bonding to another mineral. Some interesting facts are:
ReplyDelete- Titanium used for joint replacement parts such as hip, ball, and joint socket.
- Titanium is as strong as steel but is much lighter.
-Titanium originates from the Greek name Titanos. Titanos means Titans from Greek mythology.
Quartz chemical formula is SiO2 and its crystal structure is hexagonal. Quartz does not have a color but can sometimes be found black, purple, and rose. The streak that Quartz leaves is white and its luster is vitreous. Quartz scores a seven on the Mohs scale for hardness. The cleavage for Quartz is indistinct and its fracture is conchoidal. Quartz density is 2.66 g/cm3. Quartz is used in sandpaper, cement, jewelry, and computer components. Quartz can be in-expensive unless you're looking for large flawless pieces. Quartz can be found in the Earth's crust in any location that has sandstone, granite, or igneous rock. The word Quartz comes from the German word Quar which means cross-vein ore.
ReplyDeleteSalt or Sodium Chloride is a mineral with a chemical formula of NaCl. The Crystalline structure is cubic. General properties of salt are:
ReplyDeletecolor: White or clear
Streak: white
Luster: vitreous
Crystal form: body centered- cubic
Hardness: 2.5
Cleavage: perfect on all sides, it is a cube Fracture: Conchoidal
Density: 2.17
We use salt to eat, and to keep ice off the roads! It is valuable because it is a part of our diet, and preserves food. It has also played a vital part in religious cultures. Some places where Salt is mined in the U.S. is Chicago, IL, St. Paul, MN, and Newark, CA The word salary came from salt! It is said that when you toss salt, it will bring you good luck. You cannot live without salt.
Soda ash is a white, anhydrous, powdered or granular material containing more than 99% sodium carbonate when shipped. The accepted commercial standard for soda ash is expressed in terms of the equivalent sodium oxide content. Much of the world’s supply of natural soda ash comes from trona ore. The largest known trona deposits are found in the Green River Basin, a prehistoric alkaline lakebed in southwest Wyoming known to geologists as the Gosiute Lake. Soda ash is an alkali that has a high pH in concentrated solutions. It can irritate the eyes, respiratory tract and skin. It should not be ingested, because it can corrode the stomach lining. Soda ash is made in three main grades — light, intermediate and dense. These differ only in physical characteristics, such as bulk density and particle size and shape. It is an essential raw material in glass, chemicals, detergents, and other important industrial products.
ReplyDeleteBorax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white, consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound for fiberglass, as a flux in metallurgy, neutron-capture shields for radioactive sources, a texturing agent in cooking, and as a precursor for other boron compounds.In artisanal gold mining, the borax method is sometimes used as a substitute for toxic mercury in the gold extraction process. Borax was reportedly used by gold miners in parts of the Philippines in the 1900s.The term borax is used for a number of closely related minerals or chemical compounds that differ in their crystal water content, but usually refers to the decahydrate. Commercially sold borax is usually partially dehydrated.The word borax: Arabic – the Arabic is said to be from the Persian burah, a word that may have meant potassium nitrate or another fluxing agent. Another name for borax is tincal, from Sanskrit.Borax was first discovered in dry lake beds in Tibet and was imported via the Silk Road to Arabia. Borax first came into common use in the late 19th century when Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company began to market and popularize a large variety of applications under the famous 20 Mule Team Borax trademark, named for the method by which borax was originally hauled out of the California and Nevada deserts in large enough quantities to make it cheap and commonly available.Borax is used in various household laundry and cleaning products,including the "20 Mule Team Borax" laundry booster and "Boraxo" powdered hand soap. However, despite its name, "Borateem" laundry bleach no longer contains borax or other boron compounds. Borax is also present in some tooth bleaching formulas.It is also an active ingredient in indoor and outdoor ant baits and killers.
ReplyDeletePearlite is the mineral I picked. Pearlite is also called volcanic glass. It comes from volcanic rock which is formed when lava flows from a volcano and cools rapidly. Water is trapped inside of the rock and gives it a glass like appearance. Pearlite is a silicate rock and contains 2 to 5 percent water. It has a high amount of Silica (Si). Henry Clifton Sorby first identified pearlite and initially named it sorbite but from its appearence pearlite is a better name. Pearlite is mined in the United States, China, Greece, and Italy. The process of mining pearlite is done through open-pit mining with large earth moving equipment. Pearlite has many uses in the industrial and commercial aspects. It is widely used in the construction industry as insulation in roofing, bricks, insulation for piping. Pearlite is the white rocks found in quality potting soil. It is also being used in food production, water treatment, and pharmaceuticals.
ReplyDelete- Pearlite expands when heated.
-It has a porous texture which can trap moisture. Moisture retention is great for plant root.
- Liquid retention ability helps it to retain fertilizers and water in the right amount to give plants what they need.
-Low density, cannot be compacted.
- Chemically neutral, it is non-flammable, non-explosive, orderless, and will not deteriorate.
- Low conductivity, makes this a great material for insulation, fireproofing and sound proofing.
Pearlite Characteristics: Silice (largest make up), PH, Al 20, Fe 203, Ca 0, Mg 0, K 20, Na 20, Ti 20.1, H20.
Pearlite Physical Properties:
ReplyDeleteColor is White, Bulk density (loose weight)
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Soda ash is the trade name for sodium carbonate, a chemical refined from the mineral trona or sodium-carbonate-bearing brines (both referred to as "natural soda ash") or manufactured from one of several chemical processes (referred to as "synthetic soda ash"). It is an essential raw material in glass, chemicals, detergents, and other important industrial products. In 1998, in terms of production, soda ash was the 11th largest inorganic chemical of all domestic inorganic and organic chemicals, excluding petrochemical feedstocks. Although soda ash represented only 2% of the total $39 billion U.S. nonfuel mineral industry, its use in many diversified products contributed substantially to the gross domestic product of the United States. Because soda ash is used in flat glass for automobile manufacture and building construction, which are important economic sectors of the domestic economy, monthly soda ash production data are incorporated into monthly economic indicators for industrial production by the Federal Reserve Board, which monitors the condition of the U.S. economy.
ReplyDeleteObsidian has the chemical make-up of SiO2, MgO and Fe3O4, being made up of more than 7/10 silicon oxide and the remaining 3/10 being made up of magnesium oxide and iron oxide. It is considered a mineral while at the same time not being a mineral in a technical sense due to the fact that it does not actually have a crystalline structure like all other minerals do. It has a no normal fracture and tends to break into irregular pieces instead of classifiable fragments. Obsidian has a Vitreous luster to it and ranks between a 5 and a 6 on the Mohs Scale. It has a a white streak due to it's high silicon oxide concentrate while it's color itself is purely black. It has a magnetic gravity of of ~2.4. Pure obsidian normally weighs about 2.7 grams for every cubic inch. It's texture is shiny and smooth, just like glass. It has been used in many ancient tools and pottery and is today used to make surgeons' scalpel blades though it has not yet been approved by the FDA for human use. It can be bought at a value of anywhere from $2 - $5 per pound and is also able to be found at popular obsidian deposits where you may collect it in small portions if you have a license. Obsidian can be found in Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Chile, Greece, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland and the United States.
ReplyDeleteGarnet, the January birthstone, derived its name from the Latin word granatus, meaning like a grain, which refers to the mode of occurrence wherein crystals resemble grains or seeds embedded in the matrix. Garnet is a family of minerals having similar physical and crystalline properties. They all have the same general chemical formula, A3B2(SiO4)3, where A can be calcium, magnesium, ferrous iron, or manganese, and B can be aluminum, ferric iron, or chromium, or in rare instances, titanium. Garnet is used for jewlery and is worth 100 to 200 dollars. Mined in USA and Alaska.
ReplyDeleteThe mineral I did was mercury. The chemical formula for mercury is Hg. The structure of this mineral is rhombohedral (when frozen). The color of it is silvery-white. There is no streak, hardness, cleavage, fracture, or crystal form since mercury is a liquid. Mercury is actually the only liquid metal. The luster is metallic. The density of mercury is high. Mercury is used for a lot of different things; like: thermometers, barometers, paints, pesticides, fluorescent light bulbs, and more. I couldn’t find the exact value of mercury since it is a liquid, but mercury dimes can range anywhere from $1.00 to $375.00 (depending on the year and such). There are reserves for this mineral in the United States (Texas, California, Arkansas, etc.), Italy, China, and other places. Spain also had a reserve; but it closed in 2003. Inhaling or swallowing mercury is very harmful. It was named after a Roman God. Mercury was discovered a very long time ago; at least the ancient Egyptians.
ReplyDeleteMy mineral is Boron.Boron is a soft, brown, amorphous (neat word meaning shapeless, without form... Basically, not crystal like) nonmetallic element. It is extracted (gotten from) kernite and borax.The most commercially important deposits are found in Turkey, Boron, California, and Searles Lake, California. Also, it has been found at many other locations in the Southwestern United States, the Atacama desert in Chile, and in Tibet and Romania. Borax can also be produced synthetically from other boron compounds.The physical properties of boron depend on its allotrope. Allotropes are different configurations of the same element, with the atoms of the element bonded together in different ways. The main allotropes of boron are called crystalline boron and amorphous boron. Amorphous boron, which is made of icosahedral boron crystals bonded together at random with no larger overall structure, takes the form of a brown powder.
ReplyDeleteAdamantium
ReplyDeletewhose exact chemical composition is a United States government classified secret. Adamantium is not an element: its properties do not qualify it for any know space on the Periodic Table of Elements. Rather, Adamantium is a series of closely related compounds of iron created through a secret process discovered by the American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain.
For eight minutes after the resins are mixed, the Adamantium can be molded into a particular shape as long as it is kept at a temperature of 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. After this brief period the process of creating Adamantium is completed. The extremely stable molecular structure of the Adamantium prevents it from being molded further, even if the temperature remains high enough to keep it in liquefied form. Only a device celled a Molecular Rearranger can alter the form of hardened Adamantium.
A sufficient mass of Adamantium could survive a direct hit from a nuclear weapon.is fomd in crators laft by meteors