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Review for midterms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Distinctive fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils | Index fossil |
| what are the two types of minerals | Silicate & Nonsilicate |
| a mineral must have a definite _________ structure | Crystalline |
| Besides air & water, what can change color of mineral | impurities |
| More than 90% of earth's crust | Silicate |
| Special prop. causing some minerals to glow | flourescence |
| what are two ways minerals break | Cleavage & fracture |
| minerals that don't contain silicon& oxygen | Nonsilicate |
| Tear-shaped bodies that form when magma moves up | Pegmatites |
| the smallest part of an element | Atom |
| copper & gold are ________ | native elements |