Questão 1
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What is the definition of a mineral?
Questão 2
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Which of the following is/are (a) mineral(s)?
Questão 3
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What is California's state mineral?
Questão 4
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What is California's state gem?
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benitoite
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painite
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jeremejevite
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poudretteite
Questão 5
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What is California's state rock?
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andesite
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essexite
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dolomite
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serpentinite
Questão 6
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What is California's state fossil
Responda
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great auk
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mammoth
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saber-toothed cat
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imperial woodpecker
Questão 7
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ferromagnesium silicates
Questão 8
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nonferromagnesian silicates
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light colored
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pyroxene
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potassium feldspar
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amphibole
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biotite
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quartz
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less dense
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more dense
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lack fe and mg
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muscovite
Questão 9
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What are the important nonsilicates?
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halite (NaCl_
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hematite (Fe2O3)
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sulfur (S)
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calcite (CaCO3)
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gypsum (CaSO4+H2O)
Questão 10
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What are ferromagnesian silicates' important elements?
Questão 11
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What are nonferromagnesian silicates' important elements
Questão 12
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What is the charge on silicon? How many are in a tetrahedron?
Questão 13
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What is the charge on oxygen? How many are present in a tetrahedron?
Questão 14
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What is the total charge on the silicon tetrahedron?
Questão 15
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What is the industrial use for quartz?
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used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges
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used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone
Questão 16
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What is the industrial use for potassium feldspar (orthoclase)
Questão 17
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What is the industrial use for plagioclase feldspar
Questão 18
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What is the indudstrial use for kaolinite?
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used in ceramics and china, a filler for paper and rubber in medicines and cosmetics
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only of interest to scientists
Questão 19
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What is the industrial use for pyroxene?
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used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture
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only of interest to scientists
Questão 20
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What is the industrial use for amphibole (hornblende)?
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only of interest to scientists
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used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture
Questão 21
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What is the industrial use for gypsum?
Responda
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only of interest to scientists
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used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture
Questão 22
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What is the industrial use for biotite?
Responda
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only of interest to scientists
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used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products
Questão 23
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What is the industrial use for muscovite?
Responda
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used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters
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used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products
Questão 24
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What is the industrial use for calcite?
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used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters
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used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone
Questão 25
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What is the industrial use for olivine?
Questão 26
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What is the industrial use for magnetite?
Responda
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used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
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most important ore of iron
Questão 27
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What is the industrial use for pyrite?
Responda
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used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
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valuable ornamental stone
Questão 28
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What is the industrial use for azurite and malachite?
Responda
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valuable ornamental stone
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raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers
Questão 29
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What is the industrial use for sulfur?
Questão 30
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What is the industrial use for bauxite?
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main ore of lead
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main ore of aluminum
Questão 31
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What is the industrial use for galena?
Questão 32
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What is the industrial use for garnet?
Questão 33
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What is the industrial use for hematite?
Responda
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a very important iron lore
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vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry
Questão 34
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What is the industrial use for halite?
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used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges
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vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry