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Mr. Williams
Pencil Resources
For each part of a pencil, list the Earth’s resources that are required to produce them.
1. Rubber Eraser
2. Metal Collar
3. Cedar Shank
4. Writing Core
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Facts:
 You are a consumer of resources
 The vast majority of these resources came from the Earth’s crust
 The resources in the Earth’s crust are finite
Writing Prompt: Answer the following question in the space provided. Please feel free to continue on
loose-leaf if necessary. Although you are giving your opinion, please try to use quality technical writing.
Make direct references to the facts listed and your experiences in class today to support your claims.
You may choose to write in free form, a business letter, a persuasive essay, an interview, or a diary entry.
Please indicate your choice by underlining.
Should you change the way you live? Why/Why not?
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Mr. W
Silicates: Used as Gemstones
Resources of BLING-BLING
Comments/Observations:
Quartz- Purple Amethyst, Clear
Silicates: Non-Gem Quality
Resources of CERAMICS, GLASS, INSULATION, PIGMENTS, ELECTRONICS
Comments/Observations:
Black Samples: Hornblende and Actinolite
(Black/charcoal grey sample)
Pink Sample: Tremolite with White
Sparkly Dolomite
White Sample: Wollastonite, Wollastonite
With Garnet and Franklinite crystals
Green samples: Olivine with Biotite mica
Crystals (little black flaky specks) and
Forsterite with Diopside
Blue with white streaks sample:Sodalite
Plagioclase Group:
Albite – white
Orthoclase – pink-orange
Mica Group: Silvery – Muscovite
Oxides
Resources of METALS, ELECTRONICS, BUILDING MATERIALS, PAINT PIGMENTS
Magnetite: Iron Oxide – see magnet
Corundum: Aluminum Oxide - (small purple)
Makes gems: Ruby, Sapphire
Hematite: Red/brown Iron Oxide
Comments/Observations:
Sulfides
Resources of METALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, CHEMICALS
Pyrite: “Fool’s Gold” Iron Sulfide
Galena: Silvery, Lead Sulfide, high density
Carbonates
Resources of BUILDING MATERIALS, CHEMICALS, CEMENT, METALS, MEDICINES,
AGRICULTURE TREATMENTS, LIMESTONE
Comments/Observations:
Calcite: Calcium Carbonate
Pink Calcite with Graphite Crystals
Blue Calcite
Sulfates
Resources of MEDICINES, METALS, ELECTRONICS, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, SHEET ROCK
Comments/Observations:
Gypsum: Dirty Crystal
Halides
Resources of CHEMICALS, FOOD ADDITIVES, TOOTHPASTE, FERTILIZER, ICE MELTER
Fluorite: grey-smoky, Calcium Fluoride – yes, the stuff in your toothpaste
Halite: clear, Sodium Chloride
Fluorescent Minerals
Resources of LOOKING MAD COOL!
When certain minerals are exposed to short-wave Ultra-Violet light, they will glow, or show
FLUOROLUMINESCENCE.
Minerals: Wollastonite, Calcite, Fluorite, Franklinite
You have seen these – now, though, they look awesome in the UV light.
DO NOT REACH INTO THE BOX, just push
the flap and peer in. UV light is dangerous.
Comments/Observations:
WOW! That looks MAD cool!