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Tectosilicates Flashcards

1
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Tectosilicates Formula

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SiO2

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Tectosilicates also known as

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Framework Silicates

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Tectosilicate minerals are known to be

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Highly durable

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4
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They make up about what % of the earth’s crust

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75%

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5
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Subgroups of Tectosilicates

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Silica Group
Plagioclase Feldspar/Alkali
Feldspathoids
Scapolite
Zeolites

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It is the most abundant minerals in the Earth’s crust, making up about 90% of it’s volume.

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Silica

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7
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Alpha Quartz

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Amethyst
Rose Quartz
Smokey Quartz

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8
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Chemical Formula of Quartz

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SiO2

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One of the most abundant minerals on Earth, comprising about 12% of the Earth’s crust by volume.

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Quartz

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10
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Varieties of Quartz

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Amethyst
Rose Quartz
Smokey Quartz
Milky Quartz
Pure Quartz
Citrine
Blue Quartz
Aventurine
Morion

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Why alpha quartz are called true quartz?

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Quartz being the final mineral that forms in the Bowen’s series, becoming resistant to weathering making alpha quartz the purest form of quartz.

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12
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Varieties of Chalcedony

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Chert
Flint
Carnelian
Jasper
Blue Agate
Sardonyx
Fire Agata
Chrysoprase
Heliotrope
Damsonite
Iris Agate
Onyx

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13
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Rose Quartz color is caused by?

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Dumortierite

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Smokey Quartz color is caused by?

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Presence of aluminum (irradiated)

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Milky Quartz color is caused by?

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Fluid inclusions

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a.k.a rock crystal

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Pure Quartz

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17
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Citrine color is caused by?

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Aluminum/Iron

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18
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Blue quartz color is caused by?

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Inclusions of fibrous minerals such as crocidolite and of tourmaline.

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19
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Aventurine color is caused by?

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Fuschite

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20
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Morion color caused by?

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Exposure to natural radiation (black)

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21
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Carnelian reddish variety cause

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Iron Oxide Impurities

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22
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Jasper inclusions

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Hematite and iron hydroxides

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23
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Blue Agate color cause

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Iron, Manganese or copper

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24
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Sardonyx Color and cause

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Reddish-brown and presence of iron oixde

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Fire Agate inclusions

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Geothite or limonite

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26
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Chrysoprase color and cause

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Apple-green and presence of Ni-bearing silicates

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27
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Heliotrope a.k.a and color and cause

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Bloodstone, Greenish-blue, inclusions of chlorite and amphiboles

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28
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Damsonite color and cause

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Light violet, manganese

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29
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Iris Agate cause

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Presence of a diffraction grating structure

30
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Onyx color and cause

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Black and white, caused by alternating silica minerals

31
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Play of colors which is caused by defraction of white light

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Opalescence

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The most abundant mineral group on Earth and make up of nearly 60% of Earth’s crust

33
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one of the key applications of feldspar

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Indicator Mineral

34
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Potassium feldspar group consists of three main minerals:

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Orthoclase, microline and sanidine

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Orthoclase, microline and sanidine crystal systems

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Orthoclase - Monoclinic
Microline - Triclinic
Sanidine - Monoclinic

36
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Most well known gemstone of the feldspar group

37
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Moonstone is known for it’s?

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Glowing color sheen that resembles the moonlight.

38
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A deep green or greenish-blue variety of microline also called

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Amazon stone (Amazonite)

39
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White or colorless, transparent variety of sanidine

40
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Most common rock-forming minerals found mostly in igneous and metamorphic rocks

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Plagioclase Feldspar Gtoup

41
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Minerals in the Plagioclase are a homogenous mixture of?

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Albite and Anorthite

42
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Refers to the series of minerals because their similarities that make them hard to tell apart.

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Plagioclase

43
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ABLAOA Minerals (% Calcium, % Sodium)

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Anorthite 100 - 0
Bytownite 80 - 20
Labradorite 60 - 40
Andesine 40 - 60
Oligoclase 20 - 80
Albite 0 - 100

44
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Isomorphous series between?

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Albite and Anorthite

45
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An effect that causes a mineral to display dark, metallic-like color shimmers

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Labradorescence

46
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Transparent labradorite with copper inclusions

47
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An optical effect when a mineral displays a milky, bluish luster across a mineral’s surface

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Adularescence

48
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A term for Moonstone

49
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A variety of Albite

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Peristerite

50
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Family of minerals rich in Na, K, and Ca aluminosilicates

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Feldspathoid Group

51
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Feldspathoid Group are restricted to

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Quartz-free rocks

52
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Minerals under Feldspathoid Group

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Nepheline
Leucite
Cancrinite

53
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Cancrinite Group Minerals

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Franzinite
Liottite
MIcrosommite
Afghanite

54
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Pink or purple variety of Sodalite and cause

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Hackmanite, sulfur giving tenebrescence

55
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Reversible photochromism, when a mineral changes color in direct sunlight and turns back into its original color in the dark.

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Tenebrescence

56
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Sodalite Group Minerals

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Lazurite
Hauyne
Nosean

57
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Blue variety of Sodalite

58
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Hauyne

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Blue color, sulfate bearing

59
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Nosean Color

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Colorless / White

60
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A group of minerals related by complex solution substitutions.

61
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Scapolite minerals are easily attacked by?

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Weathering

62
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Minerals under Scapolite

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Marialite
Meinoite

63
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Aluminosilicate minerals with a three-dimensional framework structure

64
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In Ancient times, zeolites was used as natural minerals for purposes such as

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Water purification

65
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Zeolites were also used as a?

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Catalyst (oil refining)

66
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Minerals Under Zeolite

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Analcime
Natrolite
Laumontite
Stilbite

67
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Consists of hydrated sodium aluminum silicate in cubic crystalline form.

68
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Ferruginous variety of analcime

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Cluthalite

69
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White and powdery crystal

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Laumontite

70
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Laumontite Variety

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Leonhardite

71
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Alias for Stilbite

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