
Minerals Scavenger Hunt
Mineral (/ Product) Uses Where Found Aluminum Aluminum foil, cosmetics, beverage cans, cooking pots, antacids, lotions Chromium Chrome fixtures (cars), stainless steel Copper Wires, pipes, cooking pots, brass, pennies Fluorite (fluoride) Toothpaste, drinking water Gold Dentistry, jewelry, computers, electronics Gypsum Wallboard, plaster Halite (salt) Table salt, preservatives, de-icers Iron Cosmetics, hair dye, steel, wrought iron Lead Car batteries, fuel tanks, TV tubes, x-ray shields, fishing sinkers Nickel Nickel coins, stainless steel, sheetrock Perlite Gardening Silver Photo developer, electronics, silverware, dentistry Talc Baby powder, antacids, primer Tungsten Filaments in light bulbs, drill bits Zinc Sunblock, fertilizer, cosmetics, dandruff shampoo, pennies, dry-cell batteries