Identifying Rocks

What are rocks made of?

• A mixture of minerals and other materials.

• A mixture of organic material

• A mixture of sand and shells

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Orange/ Yellow

Rough texture

Multiple rocks stuck together.

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this rock is triangular. It is ruff like sand paper, and up close it looks like sugar. it is pink from the top, but from the sides there is thin layers of white/light pink fragments all the way around the rock.

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This rock has dark grey sediments and some lighter, pale crystals in between the grey. The rock is rough and there are small holes in it.

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red, black, transparent,

smaller, small grains and minerals

rough

straight edges

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has a ton of shiny pieces of crystals in there that reflect light feels rough its a mixture of orange and red

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This rock is a mix of two primary colors on it. A reddish-orange color, like the inside of the grapefruit. There is also a blackish-grey color that covers it too. It also seems to have a crystal top over the entire rock. It also has some parts of it that are just completely black. It's pretty much small spots of the rock that has black on it.

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-speckled

-black/gold/grey/greyish green?

-rough

-shiny

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The rock looks like it was formed by other compacted rocks. Different rock bits are different shades of gray-black and yellow. There are also different specks of yellow all around the rock that look like ear wax. This rock is also very edgy/ragged.

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Looking at it very closely, it looks like there are thousands of grains of sand all put together to make a rock. It is red and has several lines.

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