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What is a mineral?
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A naturally occurring inorganic crystalline solid with a definite chemical compound that is stable at room temperature.
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What is the difference between a mineral and a mineraloid?
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A mineraloid is a mineral-like substance that does not demonstrate crystallinity.
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What is the difference between mineral and synthetic mineral?
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A synthetic mineral is man-made and not naturally occurring.
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What is a solid solution series?
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A single crystalline phase that may vary in composition within specific limits.
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What is a amorphous solid?
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A mineral that lacks crystalline structure, or whose internal arrangement is so irregular that there is no characteristic external form.
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What are the 4 most common elements in the Earth as a whole?
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Fe, O, Si, and Mg
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What percentage of the total Earth consists of iron?
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34.6 %
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What are the 8 most common elements in the Earth’s crust?
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O, Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Na, K, and Mg
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What are the minerals of Mohs hardness scale and their relative values?
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talc (1), gypsum (2), calcite (3), fluorite (4), apatite (5), orthoclase (6), quartz (7), topaz (8), corundum (9), diamond (10)
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What are the 7 minerals of Bowen’s Reaction Series and in what order do these minerals form from a cooling magma?
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Olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite, K-spar, muscovite, quartz
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