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| five mineral characteristics |
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naturally occurring
solid
orderly crystalline structure
definite chemical composition
inorganic |
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solid, naturally occuring
aggregate of minerals
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one+ valence electrons are transferred from one atom to another
net positive or negative charge |
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why might it be difficult to identify a
mineral by its color? |
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slight impurities
give minerals a variety of colors
i.e. quartz |
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| tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weak bonding |
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break in rock where no movement has taken place
"opposite" of cleavage |
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two most common elements in
earth's crust |
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| building block for for all silicates |
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| silicon-oxygen tetrahedron |
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| nonsilicate minerals commonly found in rocks |
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halie, gypsum, calcite
gold, copper, diamond, silver |
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| difference between mineral resource and reserve |
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resource - materials that can be recovered
reserve - minerals not yet recoverable under economic conditions or technology |
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| useful metallic mineralsthat can be mined at a profit |
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sharing electrons
brittle, hard, poor conductors, not very soluble |
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some electrons shared by many atoms
excellent thermal & electrical customers, soft, malleable |
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weak electrostatic interactions among atoms
greasy or soapy, soft, malleable |
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molecule - 2+ atoms joined together
compounds - combined different atoms of more than 1 element |
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mineral that has oxygen and silicon tetrahedron as their basic structures
four oxygen atoms surrounding one silicon atom |
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react with acid
calcite, dolomite |
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sedimentary minerals
gypsum |
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one or more metals bonded
hematite, magnetite |
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sulfur + one or more metal
lead, zinc, copper |
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minerals bonded to F, CL, I, or Br
halite (salt), sylvite, evaporite |
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| 2 most common silicate minerals |
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