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Question 1

what a mineral

Answer 1

made of one or more elemts, inorganic, crystaline solid

Question 2

how do minerals form

Answer 2

crystalizion, its the cooling of molten rock or precipertation from a fluid

Question 3

carbonates

Answer 3

carbonate ion (CO 32-) is the building block of carbonates

Question 4

Oxides

Answer 4

oxygen is bonded to atoms or cations of other elements

Question 5

Sulfides

Answer 5

basic building block is the
sulfide anion (S2-)
- bonded to metallic
cations

Question 6

Sulfates

Answer 6

include sulfate ion (SO 42-) bonded with cationic metals
- examples: Ca2+, Ba2+, Mg2+, Fe2+and others

Question 7

Mineral Hydration

Answer 7

some minerals
incorporate water
molecules in their crystal
structure (“hydrated”)

Question 8

Halides

Answer 8

halide anions bonded to metallic
cations
- anions: F-, Cl-, Br-, I-
- cations: Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+

Question 9

Native Elements

Answer 9

just the elemt forming hella rare

Question 10

silicates

Answer 10

basic building block of all
silicate minerals:
silicon-oxygen tetrahedron
(SiO 4-4)

Question 11

3 silicate formations

Answer 11

frame work = most silacate, very storng
chain= strong in only one direction
sheet=weakist and make rocks that cleave like sheets

Question 12

physical properties of minerals (8)

Answer 12

colour
luster= shinynis
cleavage/ fracture
texture
compostion
srreake
density
crystal form
(nich magnitism and acid reaction)

Question 13

felsic

Answer 13

light in colour, like feldspar quartz granit

Question 14

mafic

Answer 14

dark colour

Question 15

mohs scale of hardness

Answer 15

1 to 10

Question 16

clevage vs fracture

Answer 16

planes of weaknese where rock splits. fracture = no planes of weakness just random breaking