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001-Kyanite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. Sample: Kyanite that clearly shows blue color and cleavageTeaching Objectives: To introduce the ...
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011-Calcite, many kinds
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. Samples: Many different samples, all composed of the mineral, calcite Eg. Fossil lim ...
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012-Calcite and Gypsum
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. Sample: A piece of crystalline calcite and a piece of gypsum (or selenite)Teaching Objectives: - ...
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013-Magnetite + metal ores
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLES: -- Magnetite and several other types of metal ores (eg. pyrite, hematite, galena, ...
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014-Muscovite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. Sample: A large piece of muscoviteTeaching Objectives: -To show that mica minerals form in thin she ...
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016-Halite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: - A piece of halite rock mined for example, in the United States (New Mexico, Utah, ...
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031-Quartz, many kinds
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: - Several different types of quartz [eg. quartz crystal; quartzite (metamorphic ro ...
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034-Jade, uncut
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: - Raw jade (green, black, or other like mixed green and pink, etc.) Be sure to scrub your s ...
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035-Amazonite, feldspar
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: - One or more pieces of amazoniteTEACHING OBJECTIVES: - To introduce feldspar minerals - To ...
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036-Prehnite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: - A hand-specimen of prehnite.TEACHING OBJECTIVES: - To introduce the concept that certai ...
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037-Opal, raw
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: A piece of raw opalTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To show what gems look like before they are cu ...
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048-Anhydrite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. A piece of anhydrite (CaSO4)TEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce anhydrite as a mineral To intro ...
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051-Mineral Identification
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A common mineral with some easy-to-identify characteristic. For example, pyrite (pictured ...
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060-Coating of tiny Quartz Crystals
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: -- Rock that is partially, or completely covered with tiny quartz crystals that glitter ...
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063-Goethite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- Red, yellow, or brown, fine-grained goethite (derived from weathering hematite, magnetite ...
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064-Talc
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: -- A piece of soapstone (talc)TEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce soapstone (talc) -- To in ...
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076-Fluorite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions.SAMPLE: A PIECE OF FLUORITE (CaF2) THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALETEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce t ...
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077-Quartz+Calcite Grades 4-10
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A piece of quartz (can be quartzite, or crystalline quartz) -- A piece of calcite (can b ...
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091-Talc(for baby powder) GRADES 3-10
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: -- A piece of talc (soapstone) -- Baby powder in which the major ingredient is talcTEACHING ...
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098-Stilbite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: Vein-filling stilbite.TEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce the concept of mineral shape call ...
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100-Talc with other minerals
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A rock containing a large zone of TALCTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce the mineral TALC ...
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101-Hematite (Historic Iron Ore)
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- Hematite from pits near Leesburg, Virginia, USATEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce a lit ...
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104-Bauxite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A piece of bauxite ore from Arkansas that clearly shows rounded pisolites that are enriched ...
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106-Biotite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: A sample of biotite that shows deep brown color and cleavageTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To int ...
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128-Barite GRADES 5-8
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A sample of massive barite that feels heavyTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce the conce ...
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135-Amethyst
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of amethyst crystalsTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce amethyst -- To introduce ...
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136-Smoky Quartz
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions.SAMPLE: A sample of citrine crystalsTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce citrine -- To introduce the ...
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137-Citrine
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of citrine crystalsTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce citrine -- To introduce th ...
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143-Magnetite Sand
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A bag of sand containing a large percentage of magnetite grainsTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To ...
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149-Topaz
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- Pebbles of Topaz (gouttes deau) from BrazilTEACHING OBJECTIVES: - To introduce raw top ...
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150-Alabaster
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A piece of massive alabaster suitable for carvingTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce alaba ...
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151-Garnet
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A rock with obvious garnet crystals; preferably dark red and showing crystal faces TEACHING ...
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152-Lepidolite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of lepidolite from Maine. It must show clearly a lilac color. TEACHING OBJECTIVES ...
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153-Apatite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of apatiteTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce the mineral apatite and to emphasiz ...
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154-Sodalite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of sodaliteTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce the mineral sodalite To provide ...
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155-Beryl
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A sample of berylTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce the mineral beryl and the gemstones, ...
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156-Tourmaline
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: A piece of crystalline tourmalineTEACHING OBJECTIVES: To introduce the mineral tourmalin ...
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165-Spodumene
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A sample of spodumene clearly showing pearly luster and crystal cleavage faces with meas ...
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197-Hematite, a mineral making a red streak GRADES 1-4
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLES: -- A streak plate -- A rock composed of hematite that makes a distinct red streak on ...
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199-Wavellite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: Wavellite showing radial structureTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce the concept of radiat ...
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207-Native Copper Gr 5-8
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A hand speciman of native copperTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To help students understand th ...
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208-Native Copper Gr Gr 2-4
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A hand speciman of native copperTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To help young students underst ...
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209-Topaz
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. SAMPLE: -- A sample of topazTEACHING OBJECTIVES: - To introduce raw topaz and the November birthst ...
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211-Pectolite
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions.SAMPLE: Pectolite showing radial structureTEACHING OBJECTIVES: -- To introduce the concept of radiati ...
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242-Kyanite, massive
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: -- Kyanite in quartzite from the Ordovician age Arvonia formation that underlies Wil ...
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251-Kaolin, clay for porcelain Gr 5-8
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: -- Powdered Kaolin clay Note: Kaolinite is the name associated with the pure ...
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255-Kaolin, Feldspar alteration and Cretaceous deposits. Gr 5-12
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: --Powdered Kaolin clay Note: Kaolinite is the name associated with the pure crysta ...
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256-Kaolin, Molecular change to porcelain Gr 5-8
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: -- Powdered Kaolin clay Note: Kaolinite is the name associated with the pure ...
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257-Kaolin, Molecular change to porcelain and x-ray diffraction Gr 9-12
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: Powdered Kaolin Clay Note: Kaolinite is the name associated with the pure crystall ...
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258-Kaolin, Feldspar alteration, erosion, and distribution in ocean sediments Gr 9-12
Mystery includes rock, fossil, or mineral sample and Mystery questions with teaching instructions. MYSTERY SAMPLE: --Powdered Kaolin Clay Note: Kaolinite is the name associated with the pure crystal ...
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259-Biotite in Thin Sheets Grades 5-12
Biotite is made of very thin layers that slide over each other like a slippery deck of cards. The thin layers are formed by the arrangement of the atoms inside the mineral. We can’t ...
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