Geol1_Tenth Flashcards
(71 cards)
1
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Bauxite
A
Beverage Can
2
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Chalcopyrite
A
Electrical Wires
3
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Gold
A
Jewelry; Cellphone; Circuitry
4
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Graphite
A
Lead Pencil
5
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Diamond
A
Dentist’s Drill
6
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Chromite
A
Chrome Plating
7
Q
Ruby
A
Lasers
8
Q
Every Filipino will need _____ pounds of minerals, metals, and fuels in a lifetime.
A
3.5 million
9
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Quartz
A
Glass; Watch Component
10
Q
Gypsum
A
Plaster; Taho
11
Q
Sulfur
A
Sulfa drugs; foot powder
12
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Galena
A
Lead Plating (X-ray)
13
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Calcite
A
Cement
14
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Fluorite
A
Flux in Steel Making
15
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Silver
A
Photographic Film
16
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PH is 3rd in _____.
A
Gold
17
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PH is 4th in _____.
A
Copper
18
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PH is 5th in _____
A
Nickel
19
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PH produces _____ tons of Copper.
A
8.3B
20
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PH produces _____ tons of Gold.
A
4.91 B
21
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PH produces _____ tons of Nickel.
A
0.81 Billion
22
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PH produces _____ tons of Iron.
A
480.26 Million
23
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PH produces ______ tons of Chromite.
A
39.66 Million
24
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PH produces ____ tons of Aluminum.
A
433.88 Million
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For the year 2014, the estimated production value of metallic minerals was _____.
PhP142.11 Billion
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PH’s Top Commodities:
Gold, Copper, Nickel
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_____% of the operating mines are located in Mindanao
60.8%
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Should not be synthesized
Naturally Occurring
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Should not have been produced by an organism
Inorganic
30
Liquids are not allowed
Solid
31
Atoms comprising the mineral are arranged in an ordered fashion
Ordered Internal Structure
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____ does not have any ordered structure
Glass
33
Can vary only slightly
Definite Chemical Composition
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If some are satisfied in the definition of a mineral, the they are called ____.
Mineraloids
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Electrons are transferred to form a bond.
Ionic bond
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Electrons are shared to form a bond.
Covalent Bond
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External expression of a mineral that reflects the ordered internal structure of a mineral.
Crystal form
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The appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral
Luster
39
Superlative luster; diamond
Adamantine
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Consist of thin transparent co-planar sheets; perfect cleavage; pearl
Pearly
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Resemble fat or grease; containing a frest abundance of microscopic inclusions; opal; cordierite; jadeite
Greasy
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Reflective surface; galena; pyrite; magnetite
Metallic
43
Occurs in transparent or translucent minerals with refractive indices
Vitreous Lustre/Glassy
44
A phenomenon of light by w/c otherwise identical objects may be differentiated
Color
45
The color of a mineral in a powdered form
Streak
46
Mineral’s resistance of scratching & abrasion
Hardness
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The tendency of a mineral to break along weak planes of bonding
Cleavage
48
Irregular breaking of a mineral
Fracture
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The ratio between the weight of a mineral and an equal volume of water.
Specific Gravity
50
Most abundant minerals on earth
Silicates
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Building block of silicates are ____
Silicon Tetrahedron
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The linking of silicon tetrahedrons
Polymerization
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Rock formed from the crystallization of magma
Igneous Rock
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Composed of aggregates of interlocking crystalline minerals
Igneous Rocks
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Composition of Magma: dominantly ions of S____ T_____ and C_____ moving about in a hot liquid medium.
Silicon tetrahedra and cations
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Composition of Igneous Rock
Dominantly Silicate Minerals
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Types of Igneous Rocks
Extrusive (Volcanic Rock) and Intrusive (Plutonic Rock)
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A term used to describe the overall appearance of the rock based on the size, shape, and appearance of the interlocking crystals
Texture
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Coarse-grained texture with crystals large enough to be seen by the naked eye (>1mm)
Phaneritic
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Fine-grained texture with crystals not large enough to be seen by the naked eye (<1 mm)
Aphanitic
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No crystals (minerals) are formed
Glassy
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Unordered ions
Glassy
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Coarse-grained crystals inset in a finer-grained matrix
Porphyritic
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Slow Rate of Cooling
Large Crystals
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Fast rate of cooling
Small Crystals
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Very fast rate of cooling
Glass
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Where did this porphyritic igneous rock form?
First at depths of ~10km - 20km from the surface and then was extruded along with the earlier formed minerals
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Heat Source - Why Rocks Melt
1. Geothermal Gradient
| 2. Decay of Radioactive Isotopes
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Where rock melts
1. Below Oceanic Ridges
| 2. At Subduction Zones
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What are rocks that melt
- Oceanic Crust (Basalt) and parts of the upper mantle (Peridotite)
- Continental Crust (Granite) and parts of the upper mantle
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The relationship between magma and the minerals crystallizing from it during the formation of igneous rocks
Bowen’s Reaction Series
