Open-File Report 00-144

Minerals in Our Environment

By Judy Weathers, John Galloway, and Dave Frank

Summary

Minerals are found everywhere in our daily lives. This poster depicts numerous items found throughout a home, and the mineral(s) or mineral resources used in the ingredients of, or construction/manufacturing of those items. Designed for K-8 Teachers this poster can be scaled and is printable at 36" x 60" and legible at 11" x 17" in size.

First posted March 28, 2000

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

Poster EPS (2.4 MB)
This is a Postscript file for printing on a large format plotter.

For additional information, contact:
Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road, MS 901
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591
http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/gmeg/

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Suggested citation:

Weathers, J., Galloway, J., and Frank, D., 2000, Minerals in Our Environment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-144, 1 oversized poster, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/0144/.

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