03 - Minerals

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Which mineral is mined for its iron content?

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hematite

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Which element, found in both biotite mica and muscovite mica, makes up the greatest percent by volume of Earth's crust?

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oxygen

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Which material is made mostly of the mineral quartz? Options: sulfuric acid, pencil lead, plaster of paris, window glass

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window glass

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Which mineral is the major component of drywall?

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selenite gypsum

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The table shows some properties of four different minerals. The minerals listed in the table are varieties of which mineral?

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quartz

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Which mineral has a different common color from its color in powdered form? brucite, canallite, magnesite, olivine

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olivine

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Which mineral might scratch the mineral fluorite, but would not scratch the mineral amphibole? brucite, magnesite, carnallite, olivine

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magnesite

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Which two minerals have compositions that are most similar to calcite?

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dolomite and magnesite

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The minerals talc, muscovite mica, quartz, and olivine are similar because they

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contain silicon and oxygen

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Which mineral is commonly mined as a source of the element lead (Pb)? Options: galena, quartz, magnetite, gypsum

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galena