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200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Chapter #1 A Chapter #1 B Chapter #1 C Chapter #1 D Chapter #1 E
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Open pits, quarries, and some coal mines are called this
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What is a Surface mine?
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This is used to make electronic equipment and aircraft parts
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What are metallic minerals?
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This is used to make concrete and glass products
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What are nonmetallic minerals?
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These are formed by changes in pressure, temperature, or chemical makeup
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What are metamorphic rocks?
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These are large, tear-shaped bodies of magma where many gemstones can form
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What are pegmatites?
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This is the special property of calcite that causes a double image
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What is an optic property?
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What is the special property of some minerals to attract iron
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What is magnetism?
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What is the special property that some minerals show when they come in contact with acids
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What is a chemical reaction?
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What is the special property of some minerals that can be detected by a Geiger counter
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What is radioactivity?
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What is the special property that causes some minerals to glow under ultraviolet light
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What is fluorescence?
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These are naturally formed, inorganic solids with a definite crystalline structure
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What is a mineral?
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What is the tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces
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What is cleavage?
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A natural mineral deposit that is large enough and pure enough to be mined for profit
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What is ore?
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This is the ratio of mass to volume of a substance
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What is density?
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This is the way a surface reflects light
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What is luster?
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A mineral’s resistance to being scratched
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What is the mineral’s hardness?
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The tendency of a mineral to break along a curved surface
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What is fracture?
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A mineral deposit that is large enough and pure enough to be mined is called this
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What is ore?
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These are open pit mines and quarry mines
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What are surface mines?
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This is the name for nonmetallic minerals that are valued for their beauty and rarity rather than their usefulness
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What are gemstones?
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Other than reclamation what is another way to reduce the effects of mining on the environment
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What is recycling mineral?
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This is the color of the powder that a mineral leaves on a piece of white, unglazed porcelain
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What is the streak?
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Silicate and nonsilicate minerals are grouped based on this
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What is chemical composition?
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A silicate mineral contains this
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What is silicon and oxygen?
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A class of nonsilicate minerals is this
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What are native elements, carbonated, halides, oxides, sulfates or sulfides?
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