Rocks and Minerals

Gypsum has the following properties:

pure substance, fixed crystal structure, white, naturally occurring, solid, and not made by living things. Is gypsum a rock or a mineral?

• Rock

• Mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Phyllite has the following properties:

no fixed crystal structure, solid, not a pure substance, shows a banding pattern, found in nature, and not made by living things. Is phyllite a rock of a mineral?

• Rock

• Mineral

Quartz has the following properties:

solid, made of a pure substance called silica, white streak, fixed crystal structure, found in nature, and not made by living things.

Is quartz a mineral or a rock?

• Rock

• Mineral

Breccia has the following properties:

not a pure substance, no fixed crystal structure, solid, naturally occurring, not made by organisms, and is made up of coarse and fine sediment grains

Is breccia a mineral or a rock?

• Rock

• Mineral

Chalk has the following properties:

white, found in nature, not made by organisms, no fixed crystal structure, solid, and not a pure substance.

Is chalk a mineral or a rock?

• Rock

• Mineral

Magnetite has the following properties:

fixed crystal structure, naturally occurring, magnetic, not made by living things, pure substance, and solid.

Is magnetite a mineral, a rock, or neither?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Neither

Brass has the following properties:

shiny, made in a factory, conducts electricity, no fixed crystal structure, mixture of copper and zinc, and solid.

Is brass a mineral, a rock, or neither?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Andesite has the following properties:

no fixed crystal structure, not a pure substance, made up of coarse and fine mineral grains, solid, found in nature, not made by living things.

Is andesite a mineral or a rock?

• Rock

• Mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Native gold has the following properties:

melts at high temperatures, solid, made of the metal, gold found in nature, fixed crystal structure, not made by living things

Is native gold a mineral, rock, or neither?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Tillite has the following properties:

found in nature, no fixed crystal structure, not a pure substance, not made by organisms, made up of coarse and fine sediment grains, and solid.

Is tillite a mineral, rock or neither?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Neither