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| the major anion in the most important rock-forming minerals in the? |
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| the most abundant of silicate minerals are the? |
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| the mineral commonly used as the abrasive in household cleaners is |
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| Minerals whos structures are dominated by the ionic bonding would be expected to be? |
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| the least useful physical property for identification is? |
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| the softness of minerals such as graphite is due to? |
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| the pressure of the van der Waals bonding within the lattice. |
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| the softest known mineral is? |
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| the most abundant element in the earths crust is? |
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| the name assigend to a atom is determined by the number of? |
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| the kind of bond that dominates in materials that exhibit high resistence to chemical attack is? |
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| the hardest known substance is? |
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| coal is not a mineral because? |
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| the type of chemical bonding where electrons are shared is called? |
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| the type of chemical bonding where electrons are shared is called? |
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| an example of a silicate mineral with a sheet structure is? |
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