Rocks and Minerals B/C

[technomario]

Oh and the stranges sample I have every seen was a bag of Tremolite just sitting there! Good thing nobody opened it!

[darkdeserthighway]

So if this is rocks and minerals last year (that sucks by the way) then what is going to replace it. I was thinking fossils, but im not sure.

Fossils will replace rocks and minerals after this year, and fossils is on a 3 year rotation alternating with rocks and minerals.

Oh and the stranges sample I have every seen was a bag of Tremolite just sitting there! Good thing nobody opened it!

Wow, what was the question asked there?

[GoofyFoofer]

no more rks and min next yr!!

[wiseowl63]

The strangest sample I have ever seen at competition was a piece of pumice that was similar to a plain old piece of styrofoam.

[wiseowl63]

Oh and the stranges sample I have every seen was a bag of Tremolite just sitting there! Good thing nobody opened it!

For the past three years there has been a sample of tremolite on our state test. Kind of freaks you out when you see it though.

[technomario]

So if this is rocks and minerals last year (that sucks by the way) then what is going to replace it. I was thinking fossils, but im not sure.

Fossils will replace rocks and minerals after this year, and fossils is on a 3 year rotation alternating with rocks and minerals.

Oh and the stranges sample I have every seen was a bag of Tremolite just sitting there! Good thing nobody opened it!

Wow, what was the question asked there?

They basically asked what disease it would cause if it was opened and hardness.

[Mike_NCH]

So I am not quite sure where to go here, but can someone post the kind of study sheet they use? I have a bit of trouble identifying, and I was told I was doing this event a week before states. Can someone help?

[darkdeserthighway]

They basically asked what disease it would cause if it was opened and hardness.

Interesting.

So I am not quite sure where to go here, but can someone post the kind of study sheet they use? I have a bit of trouble identifying, and I was told I was doing this event a week before states. Can someone help?

Identification is one of the most important parts of this event. I would say just focus on the rocks and minerals you have the most difficulty with and try to find defining characteristics.

[sciencegeek100]

So have any of you ever actually seen something rare/expensive like diamond or silver or gold in a competition? What's the most unexpected specimen you've encountered?

I have seen gold an diamond as pictures

[Flavorflav]

Not all Tremolite is asbestiform, and even if it were you don't get asbestosis from brief exposure. It's not plutonium.