Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Michigan Minerals




http://webmineral.com/data/gypsum.shtml
Title:Gypsum Mineral Data, this site was about many rocks and their chemical formulas
http://www.wikianswers.com/
Tital: Wiki Answers, this site was about the uses of calcite and gypsum
The chemical formua for Calcite is CaCO3
The chemical formula for Gypsum is CaSO4*2(H2O)
Calcite is used for medicines, roadbed material, building stone, variety of toothpastes and cosmetics and in the production of steel and cement
Gypsum is used for drywall production, wallboard and alabaster

The first picture is a picture of calcite and the second is a picture of Gypsum




Sunday, March 21, 2010

Metamorphic Rocks



This site is titled Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary. This just had pictures of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

Slate was shale before it became metamorphosed. Some uses of slate are table tops, walkways, stone to sharpen knives with and patios.

Marble was limestone before it became metamorphosed. Some uses of marble are floors, counters, structural resurfacing and bathroom aplications.

Quartzite was sandstone before it bacame matamorphosed. Some uses of quartzite are glass, clensers, traction in the railroads, recreations on golf cources and even sand in sand boxes.
This picture is the use of slate.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Igneous Rocks

http://geology.com/rocks/
This website had pictures of lots of pictures of igneous rocks, it was titled as Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary
Five uses of five different igneous rock:

Granite: Counter tops, landscaping, sculptures, fill, wall tile

Gabbro: paving stone, tile in kitchens, countertops , graveyard headstones, ornamental facing stones

Obsidian: sergical tools, arrow heads, spears, knives, jewerly

Basalt: railroads, highway construction, asphalt, aggregate, filter stone in drains

Pumice: dental abrasive, abrasive hand soap ingredient, polish ingredient, cosmedic skin abrasive, soil conditioner

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Canada's Wind Farms

http://www.freep.com/article/20100226/NEWS06/2260374/storm-brews-over-ontario-winds
The title of this site is Will Canada's Wind Tribunes Invade Lakes
The site was about how canadas wind farms were effecting lakes and the city where we live.
Some pros of canada's wind farms are they give green energyand boost the quality of recreational fishing. Some cons of Canada's wind farms are they are ruining the views on houses on the lake, bird migration and are making the shoreline homes drop in prices. I don' t believe that Canada should go on with this process because its making cities near Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes lose money on houses that had beautiful views very hard to sell because the wind farms are blocking them making our city economies worse. What i could do as a citizen to fight the plan would get a group of people who know a lot about these wind farms to go to Canada and make a deal with the Canadians to take them down or not put them in the middle of the lakes .