Exam 3: Patterns in Nature: Minerals

If you were to drop a piece of calcite on the ground and a perfect cube broke off,this would be displaying calcite breaking ______________.

Diamond and graphite are both polymorphs of pure silicon.

Which of the following is NOT a mineral?

What is not required for the production of diamonds?

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

How is chloride different from chlorine?

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

All minerals are chemical compounds (composed of more than one element).

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

The most recently formed portion of any crystal is always found ____________.

For the majority of minerals,the streak color obtained when the mineral is scratched against a porcelain plate is ____________.

Five trillion atoms can fit into the head of a pin.Which of the following is in the correct order of smallest to largest?

The shininess of a mineral is a helpful diagnostic property termed ____________.

The ____________ of new solid grains called _____________ results from oversaturated solutions.

Topaz,with Mohs hardness of 8,is twice as hard as fluorite,with Mohs hardness of 4.

If humans were able to see a wider range of wavelengths,which physical property/properties of minerals would be affected?

Synthetically made glass and natural quartz crystals both exhibit a fracture pattern termed ____________.

The most useful diagnostic property of minerals is their color in a hand sample.

Minerals can be destroyed by ___________ .

Some gemstones are simply prettier versions of common minerals.What makes them special in comparison to their more lackluster versions?