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Hematite
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Primary ore of irons used to produce iron for steel.
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Flourite
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Used to make flouride toothpast pottery and hydroflouric acid
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Zinc
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Used to make "copper" pennies brass and nails
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Gypsum
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Primary use is for sheet rock or wallboard
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Copper
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used to make electrical wires brass bronze coins plumbing
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Gold
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Used in dentristry medicine jewlery / can be made thinner then human hair
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Silica
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used in manufacture of computer chips glass ceremaics
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Silver
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Used in photography chemissty coins mirrors
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Mica
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May be ground up to add sparkle to paints and cosmetics
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flint
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used to make arrowheads spear points and knives
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Sulfur
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Used to make phosfate fertilizer and soft drinks
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Limestone
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composed of calicium carbonite and is used in constuctuion
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aluminum
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Most abundant elelment used to make containers and deoderants
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galena
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primary source of lead used to make batteries fishing weights.....
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halite
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Used as food seasoning water softener and de icer
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The Process be which atoms are arranges to form a material with a crystal structure is refferd to as
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cysatlization
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What affects the size of crystals formed from magma
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Rate at which mineral cools/ Chemical Composition/ Amount of gas mineral contains
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How do minerals form from a hot water solution
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Hot water molds elements into propeties minerals contain/ When water cools the minerals form`
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A rock that contains a metal or economcally useful material is called a
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ore
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The 5 characteristics that minereal must have are:
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inorganic definite chemical compostion, naturally ocoouring, solid, crystal structure
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Describe the three types of mines
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Strip Mines: scrape away at soil to expose ore..
Open pit minning: big pit that hass ore Shaft Mine: long tunnels that have veins of ore |
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A solid mixture of two or metals is
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alloy
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Why cant u rely on a single test when u are trying to identify a mieral
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You cant take apart a mineral to see its properties. MEaning that 2 minereals could havee the same color or streak but all minerals have differnt atoms that make them up. and once they are in the mineral u cant take them out
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What is the difference between and elemnet and a compound
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A compound has to elements/ atoms chemically combined while a element is made up of one single atom
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What is the difference between a mixture and a compound
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a mixture consits of 2 or more substances but are NOT CHEMICALLY COMBINED
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the gerologist have identified and classifiens the crystal structure of a mineral into haw many catergories
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List 7 propeties
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Hardnes....color.....luster.....streak.....cleaveg and fracture....density.....crystal sytems.....and also the special properties
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