Chapter 10: Minerals

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Pregunta 1

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What is the definition of a mineral?
Respuesta
  • solid
  • naturally occurring
  • beautiful
  • made of water
  • inorganic (not made by plants or animals)
  • crystalline structure
  • fixed chemical composition

Pregunta 2

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Which of the following is/are (a) mineral(s)?
Respuesta
  • ice
  • glass
  • snow
  • pearl

Pregunta 3

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What is California's state mineral?
Respuesta
  • quartz
  • gold
  • galena
  • topaz

Pregunta 4

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What is California's state gem?
Respuesta
  • benitoite
  • painite
  • jeremejevite
  • poudretteite

Pregunta 5

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What is California's state rock?
Respuesta
  • andesite
  • essexite
  • dolomite
  • serpentinite

Pregunta 6

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What is California's state fossil
Respuesta
  • great auk
  • mammoth
  • saber-toothed cat
  • imperial woodpecker

Pregunta 7

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ferromagnesium silicates
Respuesta
  • minerals contain Fe and Mg or both
  • lack Fe or Mg
  • light colored
  • dark colored
  • more dense
  • less dense
  • olivine
  • muscovite
  • plagioclase feldspar
  • biotite

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
nonferromagnesian silicates
Respuesta
  • light colored
  • pyroxene
  • potassium feldspar
  • amphibole
  • biotite
  • quartz
  • less dense
  • more dense
  • lack fe and mg
  • muscovite

Pregunta 9

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What are the important nonsilicates?
Respuesta
  • halite (NaCl_
  • hematite (Fe2O3)
  • sulfur (S)
  • calcite (CaCO3)
  • gypsum (CaSO4+H2O)

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What are ferromagnesian silicates' important elements?
Respuesta
  • K, Al, Na
  • Fe, Mg

Pregunta 11

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What are nonferromagnesian silicates' important elements
Respuesta
  • K, Al, Na
  • Fe, Mg

Pregunta 12

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What is the charge on silicon? How many are in a tetrahedron?
Respuesta
  • 4+, 4
  • 1+, 4
  • 4-, 4
  • 4+, 1

Pregunta 13

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What is the charge on oxygen? How many are present in a tetrahedron?
Respuesta
  • 2-, 4
  • 4+, 2
  • 4-, 2
  • 2+, 4

Pregunta 14

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What is the total charge on the silicon tetrahedron?
Respuesta
  • -2
  • -3
  • -4
  • -5

Pregunta 15

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What is the industrial use for quartz?
Respuesta
  • used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges
  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone

Pregunta 16

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What is the industrial use for potassium feldspar (orthoclase)
Respuesta
  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone
  • used in ceramics

Pregunta 17

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What is the industrial use for plagioclase feldspar
Respuesta
  • used in ceramics
  • important for ceramics and china, a filler for paper, and rubber in medicines and cosmetics

Pregunta 18

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What is the indudstrial use for kaolinite?
Respuesta
  • used in ceramics and china, a filler for paper and rubber in medicines and cosmetics
  • only of interest to scientists

Pregunta 19

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What is the industrial use for pyroxene?
Respuesta
  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture
  • only of interest to scientists

Pregunta 20

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What is the industrial use for amphibole (hornblende)?
Respuesta
  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Pregunta 21

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What is the industrial use for gypsum?
Respuesta
  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Pregunta 22

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What is the industrial use for biotite?
Respuesta
  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products

Pregunta 23

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What is the industrial use for muscovite?
Respuesta
  • used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters
  • used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products

Pregunta 24

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What is the industrial use for calcite?
Respuesta
  • used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters
  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone

Pregunta 25

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What is the industrial use for olivine?
Respuesta
  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone
  • most important ore of iron

Pregunta 26

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What is the industrial use for magnetite?
Respuesta
  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
  • most important ore of iron

Pregunta 27

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What is the industrial use for pyrite?
Respuesta
  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
  • valuable ornamental stone

Pregunta 28

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What is the industrial use for azurite and malachite?
Respuesta
  • valuable ornamental stone
  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Pregunta 29

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What is the industrial use for sulfur?
Respuesta
  • main ore of aluminum
  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Pregunta 30

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What is the industrial use for bauxite?
Respuesta
  • main ore of lead
  • main ore of aluminum

Pregunta 31

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What is the industrial use for galena?
Respuesta
  • main ore of lead
  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives

Pregunta 32

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What is the industrial use for garnet?
Respuesta
  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives
  • a very important iron lore

Pregunta 33

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What is the industrial use for hematite?
Respuesta
  • a very important iron lore
  • vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry

Pregunta 34

Pregunta
What is the industrial use for halite?
Respuesta
  • used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges
  • vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry
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