The EuroRainbow of Schools (ERS) Comenius Multilateral School Project, 2011 - 2013
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PARTNERS Name of School Gymnasium und Realgymnasium 21
Locality Vienna
Country Austria
Základní škola Přerov
Přerov
Czech Republic
Kärla Põhikool
Kärla
Estonia
7o Geniko Likeio Τrikalon
Tríkala
Greece
Istituto Comprensivo Brolo
Brolo, Sicily
Zespół Szkół Samorządowych – Gimnazjum Școala Gimnazială „Matei Basarab” Instituto de Educación Secundaria „Sefarad” Kaptan Hasanpaşa İlköğretim Okulu
Sycewice Târgoviște Toledo Istanbul
Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey
AUSTRIA
Dolomite Dolomite in: Styria
Fluorite Fluorite in: Sarnthal, Lungen
Gypsum Gypsum in: Salzburg
Hornblende Hornblende in: East Tirol
Magnesite Magnesite in: Tirol, Styria
Quartz Quartz in: Tirol, Pragruten, Salzburg
CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Republic has various natural resources, but its deposits are not acceptable for the Czech economy. So, oil, coal and other useful items are imported from other countries.
Black and brown coal People use coal mainly for heating. In last few years they started to use electricity and gas more.
Iron Iron is well known from Stone Age. It is the second most widespread metal in the world.
Kaolin
Potery is made of kaolin. There are deposits of kaolin near Karlovy Vary.
Lead
Lead is poisonous. People used it to make water pipes, but it was not healthy, so today they use different materials.
Limestone
Limestone is used mainly to make pavements and facing.
Uranium The biggest deposit of uranium is a mine in PĹ™Ăbram. The Czech Republic exported uranium for many years to Russia.
ESTONIA Estonia is poor for its mineral resources. There are not gemstones in Estonia. Only sedimentary rocks outcrop in Estonia. Diorites have come here from the north with glacial drifts.
Blue clay • Composition: clay • Greenish grey, in some places with violet or auburn patches • Use: ceramics cement industry Blue clay
Granite
• Composition: quartz, feldspar and biotite • Does not outcrop naturally in Estonia • Different colours • Use: splinters sculptures
Glacial drift
Different colours in granite
Limestone
• Estonia national rock • Use: in construction monuments souvenirs • There is a special form in Saaremaa: dolomite
Panga cliff (North coast of Saaremaa)
Different colours in limestone
Kaali museum(Saaremaa)
Oil shale • Remains of algae and bacteria • Use: electricity chemistry
Oil shale
Oil shale mine
Phosphorite • Phosphatic remains of animals • Use: production of fertilizers • Today it is not mined anymore Phosphorite
Phosphorite mine
Red sandstone • Composition: red sand • Pink, greyish, brown, white, and red
Red sandstone outcrop
Tartu red sandstone outcrop
GREECE In the west and in Aegean, under the wonderful blue colour of the sea, there is “black� oil. In the north, in Macedonia, there are coal and gold. In the centre, there is aluminium (bauxite).
Anthophyllite Anthophyllite: for Mg, Fe
Aragonite Aragonite: limestone caco3
Bismuthinite Bismuthinite for (Bi) bismuthio
Dundasite Dundasite: aluminium (Al), lead (Pb).
Marble
Pyromorphite Pyromorphite: for lead (Pb)
ITALY Mineral resources in Sicily Central Sicily is famous worldwide for its mines of sulphur and splendid specimens, still unmatched in the world for their beauty, of sulphur, celestine and gypsum.
Celestine Celestine (or celestite) is a mineral consisting essentially of strontium sulphate (SrSO 4) is located in the limestone soils and sediments associated with gypsum, anhydrite, halite and sulfur. It is s extracted to obtain strontium carbonate which is used as special glass screens for televisions and monitors.
Gypsum Gypsum is a typical mineral which is formed by direct precipitation from supersaturated waters. Gypsum, milled and dried, is used in construction, sculpture, stationery and, in the noble varieties of colored alabaster, as a decorative stone.
Obsidian Obsidian is an igneous rock that is generated due to the rapid cooling of magma brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions. It is used to make necklaces and precious weapon points.
Pumice stone Pumice is an igneous explosive rock, very light for the very high porosity. It is the only rock that floats in water. It is used in cosmetics (known as pumice stone) and in the industrial laundry (stone wash). The building industry uses it as an acoustic and thermal insulation.
Sulphur In the ‘700 development of the chemical industry in France and England with great demand for sulphuric acid for the production of soda increased the demands of sulphur, stimulating research and the opening of new mines. It was used in medicine but also in the gunpowder weapons industry.
Zeolite Sicily is famous for some zeolite to be found in the western part of the island.
Zeolite is a strange material. If you spray water on it begins to radiate heat up to 80 degrees, then dry out and quickly return to the initial position, ready to heat up again. No wonder her name means "boiling stone".
POLAND Poland is the 11th country in the world in terms of mineral resources.
Calcium Calcium is present in the upper layers of the Earth. The examples of calcium are calcite, aragonite, marble, chalk, limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, dolomite, fluorite, apatite, and many silicates.
Copper In nature it is to be found in the form of ore and in pure form as a mineral – native copper. Native copper is rare.
Iron Iron is mined in the north of Poland.
Salt The largest salt mines in Poland are in Wieliczka and Bochnia.
The salt mine. Wieliczka
Sulphur In Poland sulphur is found in the south – east near Tarnobrzeg and around Lubaczow and Staszow.
Uranium There are uranium deposits in the Janowickie Mountains and Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
ROMANIA
Aurichalcite Aurichalcite from Ocna de Fier, Banat
Barite Barite from Cavnic Mine, MaramureČ™
Chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite from Cavnic Mine, MaramureČ™
Gold Gold from RoČ™ia Montană, Metaliferi Mountains, Transylvania
Quartz Quartz from Cavnic Mine, MaramureČ™
Stibnite Stibnite from Herja Mine and Băiuț, Maramureș
SPAIN
TURKEY
Barite
Boron Mineral
Copper
Gold
Mercury
Mineral wool
“The EuroRainbow of Schools” (ERS) multilateral school partnership project within LLP – Comenius - 2011 – 2013 -
This end product was made by Școala Gimnazială “Matei Basarab” Târgoviște, Romania, in co-operation with the project partner schools.