examine each of the five databases (A to E) and select an image from each that catches your eye or strikes your interest.

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1) Create a Microsoft Word document,

2) examine each of the five databases (A to E) and select an image from each that catches your eye or strikes your interest.

3) paste each image in the Word document with a caption stating its source,

A) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) MRDS is an international database of mineral site records with related geologic, commodity, and deposit information.

B) Common Mineral Database http://mineralseducationcoalition.org/mining-minerals-information/minerals-database/

C) Web Database of 4,714 minerals with properties and characteristics listed: http://www.webmineral.com/

D) Michael Scott Mineral Database http://rruff.info/about/about_general.php (referred to in the NOVA video Treasures of the Earth: Gems)

E) https://www.mindat.org/ The world’s largest public mineral and gem database.