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Mineralogy
Unit 4: Minerology
Question | Answer |
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Is Quartz a Mineral | Yes |
Is Glass a Mineral | No |
Is Pyrite (Fool's Gold) a Mineral | Yes |
Is Granite a Mineral | No |
Can a Mineral be a Liquid | No, Minerals can only be Solid |
True or False Minerals are naturally occurring and are inorganic | True |
True or False Minerals are composed with a definite chemical composition | True |
Do Minerals such as Diamond have a Crystal Structure | Yes |
What is a Clevage | Tendency of a crystalline substance to split into fragments bounded by plane surfaces |
What is a Fracture | Breaking in a more or less random pattern with no smooth plane |
True or False There are 3 types of Luster Metallic, Metal, and Non-Metalic | False, there are only 2 which are Metallic and Non-Metallic |