Types of minerals
A salt that contains Silicon and Oxygen
What is a Silicate?
Limestone, Dolomite, Marble, Etc.
What are examples of Carbonates?
Made up of a collection of mineral grains that are held together in a firm, solid mass.
What is a rock?
Solid, Naturally Occurring, Specific Chemical Compound.
What are some of the qualities of a mineral?
The hardest mineral.
What is Diamond?
A binary compound of a Halogen with another element or group.
What is a Halide?
Pattern in which a mineral breaks.
What is Fracture?
Rock that has formed from the deposition and solidification of sediment.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
Color, Streak, Luster, Density, Hardness, Fracture.
What are some physical properties of a mineral?
Solution Mining.
What is how to mine salt?
A binary compound of oxygen with another element or group.
What is an Oxide?
Anhydrite, Gypsum, Alunite, Etc
What are examples of Sulfates?
Formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
What is an Igneous Rock?
A tendency to break on planes of weakness.
What is Cleavage?
Two types of mining
What is Surface Mining and Underground Mining?
A binary compound of Sulfur with another element or group.
What is a Sulfide?
Leaves behind solid precipitates of minerals.
What are Minerals from salt water?
A rock that is subjected to heat and pressure, causing change.
What is Metamorphic Rock?
Repeating arrangement of atoms.
What is Crystal Line?
An Igneous rock that is used to make countertops.
What is Granite?
Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Carbon, Silver.
What are some of the Native Elements?
Augelite, Apatite, Anapaite, Etc.
What are examples of Phosphates?
A rock can have organic remains and a mineral has to be inorganic.
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Not consisting of or deriving or living matter.
What is Inorganic?
The most abundant fossil fuel.
What is Coal?