Hardened Criminals ~ Rocks Inquiry

You are Cedar Grove's Rock Hounds and investigators! And your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to create a Wanted Poster for one of these rocks, gems, or minerals! You will need to find properties like luster, color, hardness, etc. to help investigators locate this "Hardened Criminal."

Student Resources

Begin: PebbleGoNext!        Also, Birthstones

A-D
E-N
O-T

alexandrite
aluminum/bauxite amber
amethyst 
aquamarine
calcite
cat's eye/chatoyant
citrine
copper
corundum
diamond 
emerald

fluorite/fluorspar
garnet
gold
gypsum
limestone
magnetite
malachite
marble
 
Mica  
nickel 
opal


peridot
platinum
pyrite
quartz/silica
ruby
sandstone
sapphire
 
silver 
sulfur
topaz
tourmaline
turquoise 
zircon

 

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online  MCPS only

Rocks and Minerals
Additional resources

Gallery of Mineral Photographs
Plate Tectonics NASA Classroom of the Future
Mineralogy 4 Kids MineralogicalSociety of America
Rock Cycle