Vocabulary
one who studies the rocks and minerals of earth, including how they formed
Who is a geologist?
The estimated number of minerals in the world
What is 5,000?
Terms that completely leave God out of the picture
What are 'naturally occurring' and 'Mother Earth?'
Moh's scale measures this from 1 (soft) to 10 (hard).
What is hardness?
What are our earthly treasures?
The balance of opposite sides of an object in regard to size and form
What is symmetry
The scientific classification of minerals is based on this
What is chemistry?
A type of mica found in granite that gives evidence that the earth is young rather than old
What is biotite?
Scraping a mineral and examining this powder
What is streak?
Modern archaeology is confirming this about early man
What is that they were competent in brass and iron metallurgy just as the Bible indicates?
To change or form into solid crystals through a chemical process
What is crystallize?
That which shows that the mineral world was designed by a wise and organized Creater
The symmetry of precious minerals
The detailed argument that Don Landis presents
What is that "Mankind in Genesis is not simple, unevolved, stupid, and without metallurgy"
metallic to dull characteristics
What is luster?
The only diamond-producing site in the world that is open to the public.
concentric circles (circles within circles) left behind by radioactive decay
What are radioactive halos?
The three kinds of rocks
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?
Halo research gives evidence that this gives a false age of the earth
What is radiometric dating?
Cubic, tetragonal, orthorhombic, hexagonal, monoclinic, or triclinic
What is crystal symmetry?
The 7 C's of history as pointed out by Gary Parker and Ken Ham
What are Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, and Consummation?
A reconciling or repairing of a relationship, as done by Christ in His sacrifice so we could stand forgiven before God
What is atonement?
A special group of compounds created by God, a fixed chemistry, contains a crystalline structure, inorganic, exists as a solid
What are the five foundations that define a mineral?
Assumptions used with radiometric dating and radioactive decay fail to take into account forces that could do this
What is add to or impact the isotopes over the period of their existence?
Compares a mineral's weight to that of an equal volume of water
What is specific gravity?
These are found in sedimentary and volcanic rock, are round or sphere-shaped oddities that have crystals inside them formed from water and minerals passing through the cavity at the center.
What are geodes?