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| What are the two main groups of minerals? |
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| What are nonsilicate crystalline structures? |
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| Cubes, hexagonal prisms, irregular masses |
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| What is a double chain silicate? |
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| Two bonded single-chained |
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| What two elements must be present in a silicate? |
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| Which of the following groupings lists only minerals? |
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| fluorite, feldspar, copper |
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| Which of the following are chatoyancy and asterism associated with? |
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| A mineral is described as fluorescent when it |
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| glows under ultraviolet light |
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| what mineral property involves iron? |
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| because many minerals are similar in color and certain elements may change the color, color is |
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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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| A phosphorescent mineral glows |
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| after an ultraviolet light is turned off |
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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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| Double-chain silicates are formed when |
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| two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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| Cubes, hexagonal prisms, and irregular masses are examples of |
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| three common nonsilicate crystalline structures |
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| When each tetrahedon shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedon |
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| sheet silicates are formed |
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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 minerals |
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| A mineral is a natural solid that usually is |
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| inorganic, with characteristic physical properties |
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| Single-chain silicates are crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a |
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| ring by sharing oxygen atoms |
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| The hardest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is |
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| Fluorescence is the property of a mineral that causes it to |
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| glow under ultraviolet light |
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| the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance |
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| what is true of isolated tetrahedra? |
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| they do not link with other silicon or oxygen atoms |
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| Double-chain silicates form when |
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| two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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| Which of these are common nonsilicate crystalline structures? |
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| cubes, hexagonal prisms, octahederal prisms, irregular masses |
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| Light that is reflected from a mineral's surface is called |
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| Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to |
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| split along specific planes, forming flat surfaces |
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