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| What are the two main groups of minerals? |
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| Which are nonsilicate crystalline structures? |
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| Cubes, Hexagonal Prisms, Irregular Masses |
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| A double-chain silicate is |
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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 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.... |
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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 |
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| When each tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra.... |
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| Sheet silicates are formed |
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| What is NOT one of the four criteria for determining wheter or not a substance is a mineral? |
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| Unstable atomic nuclei decay over time. releaseing particles and energy |
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| The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's.... |
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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 silicate crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a.... |
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| Chain 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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| Common nonsilicate crystalline structures? |
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| Cubes, Hexagonal Prisms, Octahedral Prisms, Irregular Masses |
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| Light that is reflected from a mineral's surface is called? |
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| Clevage is the tendency of a mineral to? |
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| Spilt along specific planes, forming flat surfaces |
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