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| A mineral is a naturally occuring solid with a highly ordered atomic arrangement and a definite, but not fixed, homogeneous chemical compound. |
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| How thick is the oceanic crust? The continental crust? |
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oceanic 6-8 km and made of basalt
continental 35-45km thick and made of silicon and aluminum |
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| Name the three types of plate bonds. |
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| Divirgent, convergent and transform faults |
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| Mohorovicic Discontinuity |
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| Properties of an Isometric crystal. |
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| Properties of a tetragonal crystal. |
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a1=a2 does not = c
all angles 90 |
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| Properties of a Orthorhombric crystal. |
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A does not = B does not = C
all angles 90 |
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| Properties of a monoclinic crystal. |
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A does not = B does not = C
angle AC does not = 90
angle AB and angle CB = 90 |
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| Properties of a triclinic crystal. |
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A does not = B does not = C
no 90 angles |
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Properties of a hexagonal crystal.
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a1=a2=a3 does not = C
plane former by a1,a2,a3 forms a 90 angle with C |
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| What is Crystal Chemistry? |
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| relates chemical compounds, internal structure, and physical properties. |
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| What is a cation? What is a anion? |
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(+) ion = cation
(-) ion = anion |
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S,P,D,F are the orbitals
shells K, L, M, N, O, P, Q with quantum numbers 1-7 correspondingly. |
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