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LEARNING TO
DESCRIBE ROCKS AND
MINERALS
What does
this rock look like?
KEY-WORDS: Here you have
some useful words to describe minerals:
- Colour: pink,
pinkish, dirty-pink, light-coloured rock,
- Luster: shiny or
dull.
- Shape: irregular,
geometric, long, round..
- Hardness: soft or
hard.
- Components: minerals,
sand, little stones, fossils...
- Other features:
holes...
Look into this descriptions and
then try to write your own descriptions.
This
mineral is yellowish and it is shiny. Its shape is geometric, like
little cubes.
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This
mineral is white, nearly transparent. It is made of sheets and its very
soft (that is why it has a lot of scratches)
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