Exam 5: Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Cleavage in minerals refers to ________.

The image below shows a mineral with hydrochloric acid applied to it.What mineral is this?

In which type of silicate are the greatest proportion of oxygen atoms shared by pairs of adjacent tetrahedra?

How is chloride different from chlorine?

Which of the following minerals is more commonly known as table salt?

Diamond and graphite are both polymorphs of ________.

Minerals in geodes (see below)form spectacular euhedral crystals because ________.

Minerals utilized by humans as a source of metal are termed ________ minerals.

Natural glass is NOT considered a mineral because it ________.

Minerals that do not possess cleavage are said to possess ________.

Which common gemstone results from biomineralization?

The image below shows a mineral specimen of quartz.What is the term for the smoothly curving,clamshell-shaped surface on the sample below?

Trace amounts of impurity in a mineral can commonly produce significant differences in ________ among individual crystals of this mineral.

The silica tetrahedron that forms the backbone of all the silicate minerals is composed of silicon and what other element?

Ore minerals,such as galena and hematite,tend to be different from typical minerals in that they have a ________.

Diamonds are usually found in pipes 50 to 200 m across made of ________.

Which of the following common minerals is hardest?

The mineral class that makes up >95% of the continental crust is termed the ________.

The internal ordering of mineral crystals can be detected using ________.

Minerals are grouped into mineral classes primarily on a basis of ________.