Minerals
The study of minerals.
What is mineralogy?
A poor conductor of electricity and heat.
What are semimetals?
A good conductor of electricity and heat.
What are metals?
Does not conduct electricity and heat.
What are nonmetals?
A mineral composed of bonded groups of elements.
What are nonsilicates?
A mineral formed by bonded silicon and oxygen atoms.
What are silicates?
A natural inorganic solid, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.
What is a mineral?
Rubies and diamonds are not called minerals.
What are alloys?
Do not have a crystalline structure.
What is a rock?
Classification is these: chemical compositions and structure.
What are minerals?
This has silicon, oxygen, and aluminum as a base.
What is a feldspar mineral?
Insulation, paint, and tile have this in common.
What is mica?
Combine one part oxygen and two metal parts.
What is an oxide?
Its structure is closer to a silicate than an oxide.
What is quartz?
Combine bromine and halogen for this mineral.
What is a halide?