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Science - Y5 – God’s Amazing Matters – week 14
Properties of Minerals
Over 3,500 worldwide.
Are inorganic (non-living).
Occur naturally in the earth.
Geologists identify them by colour, shape, hardness.
Often obtained by mining.
Rock with minerals in is called ore.
Include gemstones, salts, metals, talc, china-clay
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Gemstones Other minerals Metals
Salts
Formed from minerals in the earth. Most taken from rocks by smelting,
Over 3,000 precious gemstones in Salt can be mined as well Eg China-clay for drilling, using explosives.
Queen’s State Crown. as got from the sea. pottery, sulphur, Most widely used metal is iron.
Appear dull in rock but are cut out, It is called rock-salt. asbestos, calcite used in Include gold, silver, copper, aluminium,
shaped and polished. making glass, gypsum iron, lead, tin.
Include pearls, sapphires, rubies, Salts are made up of used for chalk, barites Some minerals are inaccessible or as
diamonds, emeralds, garnets, opals. crystals. used in X-raying, talc yet undiscovered.
