MINERA LS
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| what is the range of mohs hardness scale? | 1-10
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| what is the lowest and highest on the hardness scale? | talc and diamonds
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| what are the two types of luster? | metallic and non-metallic
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| how do you fined a streak? | by rubbing up against a rock
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| what type of material do you use to find it? | unglazed porcelain
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| what does cleavage mean? | cleavage is they way the mineral breaks.
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| what are some special properties of minerals? | taste, magnetism, chemical reaction, optical properties, fluorescence, and radioactivity.
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| Many resources come from the components of the Earth, including rocks & minerals. Thinking about Florida, what mineral resources do we have & use here? | sand, limestone, Phosphate, clay, peat
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| Why are these 4 items not considered to be minerals: water, oxygen, honey, & teeth? | honey and water is a liquid, teeth can grow, and oxygen is a gas
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| Explain why scientists consider ice to be a mineral. | because it is naturally form.
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| If you are given a sample of a mineral, how would you determine which mineral it is? | find the color, luster, streak, cleavage, fracture, hardness, and density, special properties
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| Why is using streak more reliable in identifying a mineral than using color is? | because minerals can have the same color or different colors.
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| Surface & Subsurface mining have positive and negative aspects. Give possible advantages & disadvantages of each type of mining . | surface mining is cheaper but it is less likely to find better minerals. subsurface is more reliable to find minerals that surface, but it is more expensive
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| Can mined land be returned to a condition that is better than the original one? | no because you would be disturbing habitats of animals.
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