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Arizona Minerals
Desert Discovery Lab for Grades 6-12

Examine these building blocks of nature in this hands-on introduction to geology. Identify and classify common Arizona minerals using basic analytical tests for hardness, specific gravity, cleavage and streak. Discover the importance of minerals to plants and animals, and uses in our everyday lives.

The following files are pdf files. A recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view them, which can be downloaded free of charge. If you have any trouble downloading the files, please email [email protected] or call 520-883-3025.

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Teacher Information Packet - includes the following

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