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| inorganic solids that make up rocks |
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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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| What are silicates made of? |
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| what a mineral looks like(color) |
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| scale used to measure the hardness of minerals |
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| hardest material on the Moh's scale |
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| softest material on the Moh's scale |
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| way a mineral reflects light |
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| ratio of weight of a mineral to the weight of an equal volume of water |
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| color of mineral in powder form |
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| mineral that breaks along a plane |
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| mineral that breaks unevenly |
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| What makes a mineral a gem? |
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| Mineral is beautiful and rare |
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| a rock that contains a useful substance that can be mined for profit |
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| Melting a substance to separate it from unwanted materials |
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| illegally traded diamonds traded to fund conflict in war-torn areas |
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| In what form are conflict diamonds traded? |
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| At one time, what percent of the world's diamond production was represented by conflict diamonds? |
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| Why are conflict diamonds bad? |
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| Rebels and war-lords take civilians as slaves to mine the diamonds. |
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| What is the purpose of the Kimberley Process? |
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| It is to make it harder to trade conflict diamonds. |
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| What is the requirement of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme? |
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| Diamonds traded must be mined legitimately. |
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| Why has the scheme not worked as well as they had hoped? |
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| Country leaders aren't willing to enforce the Scheme. |
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| What is the problem in Zimbabwe? |
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| Traders injury anyone who doesn't agree? help them. |
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