Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Rocks
- Marble
- METAMORPHIC ROCK
- Made into
- -Dimension Stone
- -Crushed Stone
- Color
- -Few impurities
- WHITE
- -Impurities
- GRAY, YELLOW, PINK or BLACK
- Used for its
- -Beauty in architecture & sculpure
- -Chemical properties
- -Optical properties
- Formed
- Convergent plate
boundaries
- Famous production
- -Washington Monument
- -Taj Mahal
- -Lincoln Memorial
- -Bust of Amis
- -Cementery Markers
- Composed
- Mineral
calcite
- Diamonds
- Characteristics
- Naturally-occurring mineral
- Chemical composition: pure carbon
- Hardest mineral
- Industrial diamonds: black.
- Gem diamonds: colorless,
yellow, red, orange, green,
blue or brown.
- Transparent
- Productions
- Industrial
- Gems for jewellery
- Famous productions
- Taylor-Burton
- Sceptre of the Cross
- Imperial State Crown
- Black Orlov
- Crown of Queen Elizabeth
- Rock Salt
- CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK
- Formed
- From the
evaporation of
salty water
- Essential for human life
- Used in roads during Winter
- Table Salt
- Location
- -Dry lake beds
- -Inland marginal seas
- -Enclosed bays
- -Estuaries
- Arid regions
- Famous productions
- Salty Table
- Lamps
- Scultures
- Emeralds
- Characteristics
- Of the beryl mineral family
- High quality gemstone
- The "Big three"
- Durability
- Inclusions and surface-reaching fractures
- Breakage
- Type of rock
- Igneous
- Famous emeralds
- Gachalà Emerald
- Emerald Unguentarium
- Chalk emerald
- Emerald Buddha
- Location
- Colombia
- Zambia
- Brazil
- Zimbabwe