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What are nesosilicates

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Minerals with isolated SIO4 tetrahedra in the Structure

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What compounds are absent in nesosilicates

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Compounds with alkali elements such as sodium and potassium

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What are some Physical properties of nesosilicates And why do they exist

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Nesosilicates have poorly developed cleavage they are relatively hard and they have higher density than other silicate structure types because their atomic packing is notably dense

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What are the two main groups of nesosilicates

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The olivine group the Garnet group

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What type of Silicates are olivines

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Nesosilicates

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What type of silicates are garnets

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Nesosilicates

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What are the four main types of olivine

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Forsterite, fayalite, tephroite, and Monticellite.

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What is peridot

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Semi-precious gem quality forsterite

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What is the chemical composition of forsterite (Fo)

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Mg2SiO4

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What is the chemical composition of Fayalite (Fa)

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Fe2SiO4

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What is the chemical composition of tephroite (te)

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Mn2SiO4

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What is the chemical composition of Monticellite (Mo)

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CaMgSiO4

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What is a solid solution

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The Ability of one solid end member To dissolve into another with complete miscibility

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Between which two end members does Fayalite exist in complete solid solution with

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Forsterite and tephroite

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Can a solid solution exist between forsterite and tephroite

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No

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Can a solid solution exist between monticellite and forsterite

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No

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With what symmetry do the end members of Olivine crystallize

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Orthorhombic symmetry

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What effect does temperature have on interstitial sites

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It increases them

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What effect does temperature have on interstitial sites

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It decreases them

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At what temperature does Forsterite melt

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1890 degrees

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At what temperature does Fayalite melt

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1200

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What is a phase diagram

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A diagram which displays the changes of phase of a material under related conditions such as temperature vs pressure or temperature vs composition

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What is the liquidus line in a phase diagram

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The line across which a material transitions from a complete liquid to a partial solid /partial liquid

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What is the solidus line in phase diagrams

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The line across which a material transitions from partial liquid/partial solid to completely solid

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What are the residual liquids during the crystallization process called
Restites
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Under what conditions does olivine undergo serpentinization
Hydrothermal events and low temperature
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What is hydrothermal activity
Any process associated with igneous activity involving heated or superheated water
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What is serpentinization
The process whereby weathered olivine alters into serpentine
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What are the three polymorphs or serpentine
Lizardite, crysolite, and antigorite
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Does serpentine occupy a greater or smaller volume than Olivine
A greater volume, it causes olivine to fracture
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What is the oxidized form of olivine called
Iddingsite, though it is now known to consist of haematite and periclase (MgO)
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What is the mantle transition zone
The portion of the mantle between 500 and 670 km which separates the upper from the lower mantle
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What does Olivine change into in the Transition Zone
The more dense Wadsleyite and then to a spinel structure called ringwoodite
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What is a spinel structure
A cubic mg-fe aluminum oxide pseudomorphed with other high density minerals
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What are the hand specimen properties of Olivine
Short prismatic crystals with a hardness of 6-7 and a green colour. It has no streak and a transparent vitreous lustre. It does not usually display cleavage, and it fractures in a conchoidal manner
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What pleochoism does olivine display.
Usually colourless. Darker colours represent higher iron content
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What is the habit of Olivine
Usually anhedral grains in intrusive and metamorphic rocks. Equant or elongated euhedral grains in extrusive volcanic rocks.
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What is the relief of Olivine
High
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Does Olivine have cleavage
Not observed
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What is the birefringence of olivine
0.03 - 0.05 up to third order
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What is the interference figure of Olivine.
Biaxial, positive or negative, 2v = 46 -98
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What is the extinction of olivine
Parallel to crystal outlines
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Does olivine have twinning
Not usually
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What is the general formula of a garnet
X3Y3(SiO4)3
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What are the 6 common types of garnet
Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Grossular, Andradite, Uvarovite
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What is the most common kind of Garnet
Almandine
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What is the chemical composition of Pyrope (Py)
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
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What is the chemical composition of Almandine (Al)
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
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What is the chemical composition of Spessartine (sp)
Mn3Al2(SiO4)3
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What is the chemical composition of Grossular (gr)
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
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What is the chemical composition of Andradite (An)
Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
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What is the chemical composition of Uvarovite (Uv)
Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
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What are pyrope, almandine, and spessartine sometimes referred to as?
Pyralspites
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What are Uvarovite, grossular and andradite sometimes referred to as?
Ugrandites
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What symmetry do garnets crystallize with
Cubic symmetry
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Between what two end members does almandine exist in complete solid solution with
Pyrope and Spessartine
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Is there a complete solid solution between pyrope and spessartine?
No only a limited solid solution
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Do pyralspites and ugrandites exist in solid solution
No there is no continuous solid solution between these two groups of Garnet
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Is there solid solution between the end members of ugrandites
Yes extensive solid solution exists between grossular, andradite, and Uvarovite

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