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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Minerals III
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


The study of minerals is

 

Geology
Mineralogy
Geophysics
Mining

 Graphite, which is soft & Diamond which is hard are both carbon, but differ due to

 

Impurity levels
Carbon isotope
Electron numbers
Crystal Structure
Which geologist published a System of Mineralogy, which is still used today ?

 

George Jarvis Brush
James Dwight Dana
Benjamin Silliman
Parker Cleaveland

 Two or more chemicals with the same composition but different crystal structures are known as

 

Polymorphs
Polygons
Polyglots
Polyphones
Which mineral type found on earth's surface are importantly the ores from which metals are mined

 

Phosphates
Sulphates
Carbonates
Oxides

 Around how many minerals are known

 

10 000
2000
1000
4000
Which mineral is known as Hydrogen Oxide ?

 

Water
Ice
Salt
Rock Salt

 Which of these does NOT apply to true minerals ?

 

Inorganic
Solid
Crystal Structure
Organic
The Fersman Mineralogical Museum, one of the worlds largest mineral collections is found in

 

Oslo
Adelaide
St Petersburg
Washington

 The largest mineral group with over 500 members are

 

Halides
Sulphates
Silicates
Carbonates


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