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Halite is a mineral formed by what?
What is evaporation
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The crystals inside a geode are formed when what?
What is a mineral solution crystallizes
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The mineral what, is found in sand and is used to make glass and electronic equipment?
What is quartz
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A mineral is always a _________ because it has definite volume and shape?
What is solid
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The most common source of quartz used in making glass is ___________?
What is sand
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The softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is what?
What is talc
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Minerals come from what type of materials?
What is inorganic
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A mineral that does not split apart evenly has the property of what?
What is fracture
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The splitting of a mineral along flat surfaces is a property called what?
What is cleavage
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The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal shape is called what?
What is crystallization
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What substance that is rich in carbon is mixed with iron ore in the process of smelting?
What is coke (Baked Coal)
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Halite crystals form when a solution of water and salt do what?
What is evaporates
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Iron is separated from oxygen by doing what to iron ore?
What is heating
300
The atoms of a mineral are arranged in a repeating pattern to form a solid called a what?
What is crystal
300
Miners remove ore deposits that occur in veins by digging ______ mines?
What is shaft
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Although brick, steel, and glass all come from substances found in Earth's crust, they are NOT classified as minerals because what?
What is they are not naturally occuring
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An ore that is near the surface is removed by what type of mining?
What is strip mining
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The faster magma cools, what size are the mineral crystals?
What is small
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When the elements that form a mineral dissolve in hot water, they form a mixture called what
What is solution
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Most minerals are chemical __________ in which two or more elements are combined?
What is compounds
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A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness of more or less than 6?
What is less
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The process of what involves mixing an ore with other substances and heating the mixture to a very high temperature?
What is smelting
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A mineral must be formed by a ___________ process to be considered a mineral?
What is natural
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You can roughly compare the ____________ of two mineral samples of the same size by hefting them?
What is densities
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Chromium and nickel are added to __________ to make steel that is resistant to rust?
What is iron
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