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| A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrangements of atoms. |
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| How many elements occur naturally in the Earth's crust? |
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| What is the most common mineral? |
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| Silicates (silicon and oxygen) |
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| What element does Silicates contain? |
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| How a mineral breaks along a plane |
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| Mineral breaks irregulary |
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| Powdered color of mineral |
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| What two characteristics makes a gem? |
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| If the stone is beautiful and rare. |
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| A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted. |
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| Name three types of ores? |
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1) Bauxite- Aluminum
2) Magnetite-Iron
3) Hematite-Iron |
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| What is a "Blood Diamond"? |
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| Conflict, or blood diamonds are illegally traded to fund conflict in war-torn areas. |
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| In what form are these diamonds sold or traded? |
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| They are generally in "rough" form, meaning they have recently been extracted and not yet cut. |
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| At one time, what percent of the world's diamond production was represented by "blood" or conflict diamonds? |
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| Why are these conflict diamonds bad? |
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| They are illegally traded to fund conflict in war-torn areas, mostly in Central and Western Africa. |
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| What was the purpose of the Kimberly Process? |
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| To discuss ways to stop the trade in To To discuss ways to stop the trade in conflict diamonds and ensure that diamond purchases were not funding violence. |
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| What is the requirement of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme? |
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| Members are required to certify that all rough diamonds exports are produced through legitimate mining and scales activities and are "conflict-free". |
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| Why has this scheme not worked as well as they had hoped? |
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| The Kimberly Process has yet to demonstrate itself capable of stopping the trade because of a lack of political will among member states. |
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| What is the problem in Zimbabwe? |
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| Zimbabwe has benefited from the sale of blood diamonds despite it being a member of the Kimberly Process |
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