Turquoise

Posted: December 10th, 2013

Your visual report will contain information such as a short history of the discovery of the substance, statistics of the country to include population,(which country did the turquoise come from?) average income, percentage of population living in poverty, resources available, geographical location of the diffrent socioeconomic levels (if any), the money spent on education, family planning, health services, defense and reprucussions of this expenditure, the status of women, the presence of feudal lords (top rich class) and the effect on the rest of the population, the polotical stability or polotical instability and the effect on the economy, how the decisions of the government can cause the poor to become poorer and the rich to become richer etc. Be sure that your information is detailed, specific, factual, and supoorted by evidence or statistics. What is the chemical composition of this substance? Is it a silicate or nonsilicate mineral? What type of crystalline structure does it have? What are the physical properties of the mineral? How abundant is this substance? Where can this substance be found? Why is this substance found in this particular location? What type of geologic or enviromental conditions must be present for this substance to form? What are some of the uses of this substance in our world? What is the price of this substance on the open market? Has the price increased or decreased over the past 50 years? Why? How is this substance collected or mined? What is the average income of the workers who mine or collect this substance and how does it compare to the average income of the entire population of the country? Have there been strikes or any other type of violent demonstration because of the average income of the workers? What is the standard of living for those collecting or mining the substance (Do they barely feed their family or do they have extra money to buy luxury goods?) What are the working conditions for those mining or collecting this substance? Examples of mining disasters and other incidents that occured while mining or collecting this material. What is the importance of this mineral rock in refrence to the regions culture, goverment, religion, etc?