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Minerals - Final Review Flashcards

1
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5 characteristics of a mineral

A 
Naturally occurring
Inorganic
Solid
Specific internal arrangement
Specific chemical composition
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What is a rock?

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A solid mass of minerals

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Ionic Bonding

A

Atoms gain or lose electrons

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Covalent Bonding

A

Atoms share electrons

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Silicates

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Make up most rock-forming minerals
Very abundant
Basic building block is silicon-oxygen tetrahedron

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Most common silicate group

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Feldspars

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7
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What silicate group makes up more than 50% of earth’s crust?

Second most abundant?

A

Feldspars

Quartz is second

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Light silicates

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Nonferromagnesian

  • Feldspar
  • Quartz
  • Muscovite
  • Clay
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Dark silicates

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Ferromagnesian

  • Olivine
  • Pyroxene
  • Amphibole
  • Biotite
  • Garnet
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