Formation of Minerals and Crystals
Most minerals form from this method.
What is cooling magma?
What is inorganic?
Scale used to determine mineral hardness.
What is the Moh's hardness scale?
Most rocks form from this group.
What are silicate minerals?
This type of gem is used to produce lasers.
What is a ruby?
The size of a mineral that takes a long time to cool.
What is a large mineral crystal?
Minerals have this at room temperature.
What is a definite shape and structure?
Breaks along smooth, flat edges.
What are cleavage planes?
Names of the two major rock forming mineral groups.
What are silicate and carbonate mineral groups?
When light passes through this mineral, the light separates into two beams of light (double refraction).
What is calcite?
Minerals that form from the evaporation of water.
What is solution evaporation?
Minerals are not formed in a lab. Instead, this is the term we use to describe them.
What is naturally occuring?
A mineral type that has luster.
Cut and polished minerals.
What are gems?
Titanium, an example of a lightweight mineral used in bone replacements is an example of this type of mineral.
What is an ore?
Common name for Halite.
What is salt?
Atoms arranged in a repeating 3-D pattern.
What is a crystalline structure?
This property is used to figure out how heavy a mineral is for its size.
What is specific gravity?
Minerals mined for profit.
What are ores?
Minerals with a hardness greater than this number on the Moh's scale will not leave a streak.
What is 7?
Name for minerals formed from solution evaporation.
What are evaporates?
Minerals have a definite chemical composition. This means that "NaCl" is always this mineral.
What is halite?
Minerals from this group will react with HCl (hydrochloric acid)
What are carbonate minerals?
Calcite and dolomite are examples of this minerals in this group. They react with HCl (hydrochloric acid).
What are carbonate minerals?
Color of quartz.
What is quartz can be many different colors?