Personal Milestone [Mineral -Omega]

Rock-forming minerals are made up of these elements except

• Silicon

• Oxygen

• Silicone

• Calcium

• Sulfur

This group of non-silicate minerals tends to be used in the plaster industry

• Oxides

• Sulfides

• Halites

• Sulfates

Which of these silicate minerals forms silicate structures of sheets. This leads to the sample cleaving in 1 direction as planar sheets.

• Olivine

• Micas

• Feldspar

• Pyroxene

• Amphibole

The most abundant element of the most abundant rock-forming elements in the continental crust is

• Oxygen

• Silicon

• Calcium

What makes Silicon to form as the basic element in most rocks in the crust?

• A. It has 4 valence electrons like Carbon.

• B. It belongs to the family of elements with the highest electronegativity

• C. It is relatively abundant in the crust

• Both A and C

• All of A, B, and C.

What type of bond will Silicon and Oxygen exhibit?

• Ionic

• Covalent

• Metallic

• Hydrogen bond

Which of these silicate mineral group/s will not cleave

• Quartz

• Pyroxene Group

• Olivine Group

• Amphibole Group

• Feldspars