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| What are two main groups of minerals? |
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| Which are nonsilicate crystalline structures? |
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| Cubes, Hexagonal Prisms, Irregular |
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| A double-chain silicate is |
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| What two elements must be present ub silicate? |
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| Which of the following aer chatoyancy asterism associated with? |
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| Which of the following grouping lists only minerals? |
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| fluorite, feldspar, copper |
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| A mineral is described as fluorescent when it |
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| grows 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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| minerls 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 cat's eye 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 tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra, |
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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 particiles 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 crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a |
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| chain by sharing oxygem 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 of the substance |
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| Double-chain silicates from when |
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| two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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