HILLS OUTLOOK May IMS Each of the three sentences below makes a statement about minerals However you re going to have to rearrange the words before the sentences will make sense living mineral was that a never material of up made a found mineral 3 make up mineral a chemical same the has BDUjaqa autre V I jsaju ism t jnm ejauui v I BOOKS ABOUT MINERALS Album of Rocks and Minerals by Rom McGowen Colorfully illustrated story of the world most well known minerals Quartz by Herberts 6 Quartz the worlds most common mineral is used in watches cameras and windows For a summer fun activity get a Beautiful color photos show book on minerals from your different types of quartz library and see how many minerals you can identify in your Everybody Needs A Roc by be found thought about having a rock for friend another everywhere Diamond is the hardest mineral To find out what the softest is darken in each area below containing a dot Incidentally this mineral is used in bath powder Below are pictures of Alligator wearing the hard hat and safety goggles of a miner Only two of the pictures are identical Can you find the matching pair 1 Mineral is the most comm solid material found in nature 2 There are about minerals Only 100 of them are easily found The rest are harder to find than gold 3 Over percent of the world diamonds are found in Africa Many tons of rock must be blasted crushed and sorted to obtain one small diamond Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin that 367 would be needed to make a 1 inch stack 5 Scientists believe that gold is deposited from gases and liquids rising from beneath the earth surface Silver can be formed into wire finer than a human hair and can be hammered into sheets so thin that light can shine through Silver is used to coat and develop photographic film The photo industry is the world s largest consumer of silver Alfie Alligator was so intent on his digging for gold that he lost his way in the mine shaft Please help him find his way to the surface ftp Brett Why Is your mom sprinkling the yard with plant food don t know I guess she Just wants fat grass Jill Why do doctors wear masks when they operate Gill I guess it might be so that if something goes wrong you won know who to blame Hank This must be a very tall building Frank Why do you say that Hank Movies are shown in the elevators Don I don think Tim s real smart Juan I don t either I hear hi even flunked educational TV