Earth Rocks Science& Minerals

GRANITE

The contents of rocks

What are rocks made of?

One or more

Minerals

What are mineral?Minerals are natural, non-living solid crystals that make up rocks.

Granite

Granite is one of the most common rocks in the world.

What 3 minerals?What is the rock, granite, made of?

Quartz

Feldspar

Mica

What 3 minerals?What is the rock, granite, made of?

Quartz

Quartz is one of the most common minerals in Earth’s crust.

What 3 minerals?What is the rock, granite, made of?

Feldspar

Potassium feldspars contains potassium. Feldspar crystals are stubby prisms, often pink to white.

What 3 minerals?What is the rock, granite, made of?

Mica

All micas form flat, book-like crystals that peal apart into individual sheets on cleavage planes. Crystals cleave into smooth flakes. Mica is so soft that you can scratch it with a fingernail.

A property of mineralsWhat is cleavage?

Mica

The tendency of a mineral to break along weak planes.

GraniteWhat thinking map can we use to illustrate granite and the minerals it’s made of?

Mica

pink granite Lizard on gray granite