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1 All About Elements: Neon 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistry classroom or science...

1 All About Elements: Beryllium http://www.boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Beryllium 1. Prior to being named beryllium, this element was known as glucinium, which originated from the Greek word glykys, meaning sweet. It w...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine, an allotrope of carbon, is the strongest, thinnest, and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created by scientists using ordin...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

1 All About Elements: Fluorine http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistr...

1 All About Elements: Helium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the un...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Pyrite Fe S2 Crystallography: Isometric; 2/m3. Crystals commonly cubic (often striated) also pyritohedral or octahedral. Frequently massive, granular, sometimes globular, reniform, radiated. Physical Propertie...

Kaolinite Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. In very minute, thin, rhombic or hexagonal plates. More commonly in clay-like masses. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect; flexible, inelastic. Usually unctuous and plastic. Hardne...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Illite (K, H3O) (Al, Mg, Fe)2 (Si, Al)4 O10 [(OH)2, H2O] Crystallography: Monoclinic. Crystals not distinguishable; usually in clay-like masses, either compact or friable. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect, but ...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gneiss Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Foliated, often with distinct banding (segregation) of minerals; some preferred orientation in micas (platy) or hornblende (prismatic crystals). Medium t...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0.3 (Al, Mg)2 Si4 O10 (OH)2 • nH2O Crystallography: Monoclinic. Always in earthy masses; crystals not distinguishable. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None apparent; usually unctuous and plastic. Hard...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Nepheline (Na,K) AlSiO4 Crystallography: Hexagonal; 6. Rarely in small prismatic crystals with base; more commonly massive, compact, and in embedded grains. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {1010} distinct. Frac...

1 All About Elements: Hydrogen https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Hydrogen 1. Robert Boyle produced hydrogen gas as early as 1671 while he was experimenting with iron and acids. 2. Under the extreme pressures ...

1 All About Elements: Sodium http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistry ...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Goethite Fe+3 O (OH) (See also Limonite) Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Acicular or rarely in distinct prismatic, vertically striated crystals. Also massive, reniform, stalactitic, or in radiating f...