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Cool Minerals
Lab Investigation
Explore interesting properties and
applications of minerals!
Experience firsthand some of the unique physical
and optical qualities of minerals! Your students will
investigate fluorescence, natural magnetism, piezoelectricity, double refraction and
thermal conductivity. Among the minerals included for their studies are ulexite, the
mineral used in fiber optics; magnetite, the source of natural magnetism; quartz,
its application in “piezoelectricity” and the role it plays in a variety of electronic
equipment; calcite and polarized light; and the function of minerals in
thermal conductivity.
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