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01/08/2014

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What is a mineral?
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A mineral is a naturally occuring, inorganic solid whith a fefinite chemical composition
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How many elements occur natrually in the earths crust
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what is the most common common mineral and what elements does it contain
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silicates contain silicate and air
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Hardness
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how hard it is
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what is the scale used to mesure hardness
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Moh's Scale
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what is the hardess rock
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dimond
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what is the least hard rock
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tale
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luste
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how mineral reflect light
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specific gravity
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density
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cleavage
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when a mineral breaks along a plane
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streak
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color of minerals powder
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fracture
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breaks unevanly
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apperance
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color texture
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what is needed for a mineral to be a gem
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buitiful rare
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what is an ore
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a mineral that can be profited on
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ore example
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iron
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ore example
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hematite
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ore example
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bauxite alluminum
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what is smelting
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when you melt down a ore
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What is a mineral
Definition
a mineral is a naturally occuring inorgantic solid with a definite chemical composition and a orderly arangment of adoms
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how many elements occur naturally in the Earth's crust
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90
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what is the most common mineral and what does it contain
Definition
silicates contain silicon and air
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cleavage
Definition
when a mineral breaks along a plane
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hardness
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how hard it is mho's scale
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luster
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how a mineral reflects light
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streak
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color of mineral when crushed up into powder
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ore
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a useful substance used to make profit
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apperance
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color, texture
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fracture
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breaks
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what makes a gem a gem
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rare, butiful
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Intrusive
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formed under ground
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Extrusive
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formed above ground
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Larger crystals
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the longer the rock cools the bigger the crystals are
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Granite
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intrusive rock with crystals
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Obsidian
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volcaniz glass
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Basalt
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dark rock
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Scoria
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holes from air bubbles
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Pumice
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solified ash
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conglomerate
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pebbles that are rounded
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Sandstone
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sand
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Shale
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mud or clay
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limestone
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calcite
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halite
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salt
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coal
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dead plants
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detrital
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sed. rock made from sediment
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chemical
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sed. rock formed by dissolved minerals
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organic
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sed. rock formed from dead plants and animals
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What is a mineral? A mineral is a naturally occuring, inorganic solid whith a fefinite chemical composition
2 How many elements occur natrually in the earths crust 90
3 what is the most common common mineral and what elements does it contain silicates contain silicate and air
4 Hardness how hard it is
5 what is the scale used to mesure hardness Moh's Scale
6 what is the hardess rock dimond
7 what is the least hard rock tale
8 luste how mineral reflect light
9 specific gravity density
10 cleavage when a mineral breaks along a plane
11 streak color of minerals powder
12 fracture breaks unevanly
13 apperance color texture
14 what is needed for a mineral to be a gem buitiful rare
15 what is an ore a mineral that can be profited on
16 ore example iron
17 ore example hematite
18 ore example bauxite alluminum
19 what is smelting when you melt down a ore
20 What is a mineral a mineral is a naturally occuring inorgantic solid with a definite chemical composition and a orderly arangment of adoms
21 how many elements occur naturally in the Earth's crust 90
22 what is the most common mineral and what does it contain silicates contain silicon and air
23 cleavage when a mineral breaks along a plane
24 hardness how hard it is mho's scale
25 luster how a mineral reflects light
26 streak color of mineral when crushed up into powder
27 ore a useful substance used to make profit
28 apperance color, texture
29 fracture breaks
30 what makes a gem a gem rare, butiful
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