ch 26.1 Flashcards

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1
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natural occuring inorgnic with a crystalline form

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minteral

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2
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color of a mineral in a powder form

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streak

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3
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breaks along preferred planes of weakness creating sets of smooth parallel

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cleavages

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4
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breaks with surface exhibits

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fracture

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5
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resistance to scratching

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hardness

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6
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molten rock

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magma

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7
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what are two most abundant that make up the earth rocks

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feldspar and quart

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8
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what dos inorganic mean

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relaiting to or denoting compounds

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9
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a mineral is

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10
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what dose arrangement of an atom and the bonds between them refiect about a mineral

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11
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what are all the ways to identify minerals

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luster streak atomic arangement

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12
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what are the two type of luster

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nonmetacllic

metacllic

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13
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how dose metallic luster reflect light

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14
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how dose nonmetallic luster reflect light

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15
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how do u perform a streak

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rubbin a mineral on an unglazed

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16
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what are two type of breakage that can happen to minerals

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cleavage and fracture

17
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what is the is the scale to meaure the hardness of a mineral

18
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what is the number range on mohs scale of hardness

19
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how many differnent crystal shape systems are there

20
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minerals grow from what

21
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what are 3 ways minerals can form

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monten rock hot water evaperation

22
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what are the two mineral groups?

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silicacets and non

23
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which mineral group is the most abundant in earth’s crust?

24
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what elements are the silicates made up of?

A

oxengen an silicon

25
nonsilicates do not contain what element?
sillicon
26
what mineral is used to make glass?
quartz