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Sorting Rocks

This Blogpost will help you to understand how to sort Rocks by their qualities. Please read the article linked below and respond to the following questions. Sorting Minerals Please respond by telling me what method of identifying minerals you think gives us the most information, and explain to me why do you think this. My favorite way of identifying rocks is to use the hardness. This is because rocks can vary so greatly in this quality, raging from Sandstone, which falls apart with light touches, to Diamonds, which are the hardest mineral known on earth. I also find this aspect to be interesting because it shows you how much stronger some Rocks can be than originally though, and vice versa. If you would like extra practice in identifying Rocks you can also complete the activity below: You will need to go on a   NATURE  HUNT   for a total of 3 different rocks. This nature hunt can take place anywhere you are comfortable (i.e. your backyard or the school playgro...
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