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hydroxides Flashcards

1
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how to distinguish oxides from hydroxides

A

the presence of OH- or H2O molecules

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2
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what is the effect of OH- in the bonds

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weakens them

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3
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brucite formula

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Mg (OH)2

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4
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brucite form

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  • hexagonal, tabular
  • more commonly foliated massive
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5
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brucite cleavage

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basal perfect. sectile, flexible folia not elastic

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6
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brucite hardness

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2.5

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7
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brucite specific gravity

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2.39

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8
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brucite color

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  • pearly on base, waxy and vitreous elsewhere
  • white gray light green
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brucite occurrence

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  • in assoc with serpentine dolomites, magnetite and chromite
  • reaction product of Mg silicates, esp serpentine
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10
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brucite remarks

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foliated nature, light color, pearly on cleavage

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11
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how to tell brucite from talc

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brucite is harder (2.5) talc is 1

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12
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how to distinguish brucite from mica?

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brucite is inelastic

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13
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manganite formula

A

MnO (OH)

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manganite form

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  • monoclinic, prismatic parallel to c, vertically striated
  • often columnar to coarse, fibrous
  • contact and penetration twins common
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15
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manganite cleavage

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perfect pinacoidal

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16
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manganite hardness

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4

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17
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magnanite specific gravity

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4.3

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18
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manganite color

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  • metallic, opaque
  • steel gray to iron black. streak is dark brown
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19
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manganite occurrence

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  • in manganese deposits assoc eith other mn oxides and hydroxides
  • in low temp veins assoc with barite, siderite and calcite
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20
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manganite occurrence

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  • manganese deposits assoc with other Mn-oxides and hydroxides
  • in low-temperature hydrothermal veins associated with barite, siderite, and calcite
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21
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what does manganite commonly alter into

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pyrolusite

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22
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manganite remarks

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black color, prismatic, 4 hardness

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23
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how to distinguish manganite from pyrolusite

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pyrolusite has iron black streak, manganite has dark brown streak

24
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romanechite formula

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basta Ba, H2O, mn 4+ 3+ and O10

25
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romanechite form

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amorphous, massive botryoidal, stalactitic

26
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romanechite hardness

27
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romanechite specific gravity

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3.7 to 4.7

28
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romanechite color

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submetallic opaque. black
brownish black streak

29
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romanechite occurrence

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  • from secondary alteration of original Mn-carbonates, Mn-silicates, or both
  • in assoc with pyrolusite in manganese ore deposits
  • in nodular deposits in bogs, and on lake bottoms and on see and ocean floors
30
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former term for the hard botryoidal masses of which are mixtures of manganese oxides of which romanechite is a major constituent

A

psilomelane

31
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how to distinguish romanechite from other manganese oxides?

A

its hardness and botryoidal form

32
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how to distinguish romanechite from limonite

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romanechite has a brownish black streak

33
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geothite formula

34
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geothite form

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  • rarely orthorhombic prismatic, vertically striated
  • massive, reniform, stalactitic in radiating fibrous aggregation
  • foliated
35
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loose and porous geothite

36
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geothite cleavage

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pinacoidal perfect

37
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geothite hardness

38
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geothite specific gravity

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4.37, if impure as low as 3.3

39
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geothite color

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  • adamantine to dull, silky, scaly fibrous
  • yellowish brown to dark brown
  • yellowish brown streak. subtranslucent
40
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geothite occurrence

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  • common resulting from oxidation and weathering of iron bearing minerals
  • widespread in bogs and around springs
41
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where is geothite in metalliferous vein deposits?

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the iron hat, the gossan

42
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how to distinguish geothite from colloform hematite and romanechite

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hematite is black to brownish red
geothite is yellowish brown to black and
romanechite is just black

43
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limonite formula

A

FeO (OH) nH2O

44
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field term used for very fine grained to amorphous mictures of brown ferric hydroxides with unknown real identities

45
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commonly, what is the biggest composition of limonite

46
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T or F bauxite is a mineral/mineral species

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F, it is a rock term

47
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bauxite consists of very fine grained intergrowth of three aluminum oxides, what are they

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diaspore, gibbsite and boehmite

48
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bauxite is what type of ore

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major aluminum ore

49
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bauxite form

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  • micture, pisolitic round concretionary grains
  • also massive, earthy claylike
50
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bauxite hardness

51
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bauxite specific gravity

52
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bauxite color

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dull earthy
- white gray red yellow

53
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what causes yellow color of bauxite

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limonite staining

54
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bauxite occurrence

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  • eupergene, in subtropical or tropical conditions, prolonged weathering and leaching of silica from aluminum bearing rocks
55
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soil consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum and ferric oxides

56
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bauxite remarks

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light, yellowish brown color, pisolitic, earthy tecture and low degree of hardness

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