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| Silicate and Non-silicate |
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| Two main groups of minerals. |
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| Cubes, hexagonal prisms, irregular masses |
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| Two elements must be present in a silicate. |
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| Fluoride, feldspar, copper |
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| Are associated with chatoyancy and asterism |
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| Glows under ultraviolet light |
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| mineral property that 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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| After an ultraviolet light is turned off |
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| A phosphorescent mineral glows |
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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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| Two single-chains of framework silicates bond to each other. |
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| Double-chain silicates are formed when... |
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| Three common nonsilicate crystalline structures |
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| Cubes, hexagonal prisms, and irregular masses are examples of... |
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| Sheet silicates are formed. |
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| When each tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra |
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| Not one of the four determining whether or not a substance is a mineral... |
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| Unstable atomic nuclei decay over time, releasing particles and energy. |
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| The color of a mineral in powered form... |
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| Inorganic, with characteristic physical properties |
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| A mineral is a natural solid that is usually ... |
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| Chain by sharing oxygen atoms |
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| single-chained silicates crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a ... |
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| The hardest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale. |
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| Glow under ultraviolet light |
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| Fluorescence is a property of a mineral that causes it to ... |
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| The mass of a substance to the volume of the substance |
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| Density is the ratio of ... |
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| They do not link with other silicon or oxygen atoms |
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| What is true of isolated tetrahedra |
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| Two single-chained of tetrahedra bond to each other |
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| Double-chain silicates form when... |
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| Cubes, hexagonal prisms, octahedral prisms, irregular masses |
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| Which of these are common non-silicate crystalline structures... |
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| Light that is reflected from a mineral's surface |
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| Split along specific planes, forming flat surfaces |
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| Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to... |
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