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