Chapter 1.3 - Classification Of Minerals

Question 1

What are the three common types of minerals?

Answer 1

Silicates
Orebites
Carbonates

Question 2

It is the most common type making up 90 of all minerals.

Answer 2

Silicates

Question 3

The __________ is the basic crystalline structure of a silicate.

Answer 3

Silica tetrahedron - oxygen(O²) and silicon (Si⁴)

Question 4

The silicates are subdivided into divisions, those are?

Answer 4

• Pure silica (Quartz)

- silica combined with other elements (Ferromags and non-Ferromags).

Question 5

The silicates mineral that has iron(Fe) and magnesium (mg) in it’s formula is called?

Answer 5

Ferromag

Question 6

________ are dark in color and dense in mass. An example of it is Hornblende

Answer 6

Ferromags

Question 7

It is a silicate mineral with element other than iron or magnesium in their chemical composition. It is called ______?

Answer 7

Non- Ferromags

Question 8

______ is a silicate mineral that are light in both color and mass density. An example of it is Feldspar

Answer 8

Non-Ferromags

Question 9

In case of _____, it has iron combined in a thin sheet over the entire surface of the tetrahedron

Answer 9

Biotite

Question 10

What type of silicate structure is the silicate tetrahedron?

Answer 10

Single-Chain structure

Question 11

Amphibole group: Hornblende is an example of what silicate structure?

Answer 11

Double-Chain

Question 12

Mica Group: Biotite is a ______ silicate structure

Answer 12

Sheet

Question 13

_____ is what gives the _____ it’s dark color as compared to another type of Mica _______, which doesn’t have iron in it and has transparent appearance similar to cellophane

Answer 13

Iron, Biotite, Muscovite