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| a natural occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an arrangement of atoms. |
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| how many elements occur naturally in the Earth crust |
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| what is the most conman mineral |
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| what elements does it contain |
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| name and describe seven physical properties of minerals |
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| hardness- how hard a mineral is |
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| how a mineral breaks along a plane |
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| mineral breaks irregulary |
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| contains a useful substance that an be mind fora profit |
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| name three examples of ores |
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bamxite-aluminoum
hematite- iron
magnetite- iron |
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| a scale is the softest rocks to the hardest rocks that was measured from 1-10 |
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| what are "blood diamonds"? |
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| they are diamonds that originate from control forces for fractions that are used for military fund |
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| in what form are these diamonds sold or traded? |
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| at one time, what percent of the worlds diamond production was represented by "blood" or conflict diamonds |
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| why are these conflict diamonds bad? |
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| man ,women, and children are being used as slaves to mind them. |
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| what was the purpose of the Kimberly Process? |
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| to stop the process and insure no violence |
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| what is the requirement of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme? |
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| that mine has to be certified |
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| why was this scheme not worked as well as they hoped? |
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| some states are to powerful and they cant enforce it |
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| what is the problem in Zimbabwe? |
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| Zimbabwe are beating and killing miners who wont mine for them or pay bribes. |
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| what are "blood diamonds"? |
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| they are diamonds that originate from control forces for fractions that are used for military fund |
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