Minerals#2

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For the next few posts we will talk about a certain mineral.In this post we will talk about the mineral,ruby.A ruby is the second hardest mineral right before diamonds.Rubies can be red, purplish,pinkish, or brown.It's formula is AL2O3:Cr.It's streak is white.It's luster is Vitreous.It's melting point is at a wapking 2044oC

It is said that a ruby has a fire in it that never goes out.This makes it the symbol of love.That is why it makes a great ring.If worn on the left hand it will bring you happiness and joy.Some say it is the best of the 12 stones that were created by god.It is also said that if it changes color it means danger.Rubies are very similar to sapphires.They say the ruby is the king of gems.This jewel is most commonly used in rings and bracelets.

minerals

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Today we are going to talk about minerals. The important characteristics of a mineral are being in the solid form, naturally occurring, definite chemical composition, inorganic, and having a crystal structure. Coal is not a mineral because it is missing  three of these characteristics. There are a bunch of tests you can do to find out facts about minerals such as streak, luster, color, scratch and fracture. Now lets talk more about mineral formation in nature. Minerals can take about 1000 years to be a inch tall grown. Some examples of minerals are rubies, diamonds, sapphires, onix, and emerald.
Each mineral stone has a place on the moths hardness scale. Diamond would be the highest at 10 because it is the strongest mineral ever found.The biggest diamond is a 432 carats diamond.Talc, on the other hand is on the moths scale at the lowest level 1. It can be easily scratched with a finger nail. All other minerals stays in between on the hardness scale. There is no level above ten but there is hardness values like 3.4, 9.9 and so on. Minerals can be worth more than  $10,000.We will talk a little more on our next post.

Periodic Table of elemints.

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Today we are going to talk about the Periodic Table of elements. The Periodic Table of elements is a table where are the elements are listed in certain rows and columns. There are 112 elements on it. The father of the periodic table is Dmitri Mendeleev. He created the first in 1871. In the modern table, the elements are organized in the increasing order atomic number. The atomic number is the number of protons in a atom of the element. All elements are made up of the smallest particles called atoms. Each atom is made up of three fundamental particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. The vertical columns are called groups or families and the horizontal rows are called periods.
Each element has a symbol witch could have 1-2 letters. This symbol is given in the table. In addition to the chemical symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, physical state of each element, group numbers, and electron arangement are also given. The elements are classified into mainly 4 classes such as noble gasses, main group elements, transition metals and inner transition metals.
Here is a link to a table.http://www.popsci.com/files/periodic_popup.html