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What are the two main groups of minerals ? |
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Cubes, hexagonal prisms, irregular masses |
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Which are nonsiliacate crystallie structures |
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What two elements must be present in a silicate ? |
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Fluorite, Feldspar, Copper |
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Which of the following groupings list only minerals ? |
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Which of the following are Chatoyancy and Asterism associted with ? |
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Grows when electrically charged |
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A mineral is described as fluorescent when it ? |
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What mineral property involves iron ? |
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Because many minerals are similar in color and certain elements many change the color ? |
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Unstable atomic nuclei decay over time into stable nuclei, causing a mineral to be ? |
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Mineral shows a cat's-eye effect |
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n ultraviolet light is turned off |
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A phosphorescent mineral glows |
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do not link with silicon or oxygen atoms |
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A six-sided star shape appears when a mineral reflects light |
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Two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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Double-chain silicates are formed when |
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Three common silicate crystalline structures |
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Cubes, hexagonal prisms, and irregular masses are examples of |
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When each tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four criteria for determining whether or not a substance is a mineral ? |
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unstable atomic nuclei decay over time, releasing particles and energy |
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The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's |
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inorganic, with characteristic physical properties |
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A mineral is a ntural solid that usally is ? |
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chain by sharing oxygen atoms |
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Single-chain silicates are silicate crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a |
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The hardest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is ? |
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glow under ultraviolet light |
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Fluorescence is the property of a mineral that causes it no ? |
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the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance |
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Density is the ratio of ? |
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They do not link with other silicon or oxygen atoms |
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What is true of isolated tetrahedra ? |
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two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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Double-chain silicates form when ? |
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cubes, hexagonal prisms, octahedral prisms, irregular masses |
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Which of these are common nonsilicate crystalline structures ? |
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Light that is reflected from a mineral's surface is called ? |
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spily along specific planes, forming flat surfaces |
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Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to |
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