What five characteristics are required for a substance to be considered
a mineral?
What on earth is made of minerals?
What are some of the common
rock forming minerals?
Why is quartz harder
than steel?
What is cleavage?
How does the cleavage of feldspar
differ from the cleavage of mica?
What is one easy way to distinguish calcite
from quartz?
What happens when you drop
acid on a carbonate mineral (or rock)?
Why doesn't quartz fizz?
What is luster?
How deep in the crust were the granitics
of the Whipple Mountains formed?
What makes diamonds and graphite so different?
Discuss the importance of the silicate minerals (very important).
How is silicon used in the computer industry?
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