Mineral Formation - Page 2
Questions
- What are some common evaporite minerals?
- What is a simple definition for a Silicate?
- What minerals, other than diamond, would be best for making sandpaper?
- Which type of mountains form little with deformation?
- What is a mineraloid?
- What is hematite made of?
- Why would the crystals in an intrusive igneous rock be larger than the crystals in a chemical sedimentary rock?
- What causes the characteristic crystal shape and cleavage (breaking along flat surfaces) of the mineral halite?
- What is the hardest known naturally occurring substance?
- What hinders the growth of single, large crystals?
- Miners find a rock that was formed from magma deep underground. What type of rock could it be?
- What conditions produce crystals with well-defined faces?
- When a pyrite crystal is hit with a hammer, it breaks into pieces with smoothly curved edges. What mineral characteristic does this relate to?
- How is coal formed?
- More and more sodium chloride is added to water until a rock begins to form. What type of rock is it?
- What determines the type of crystal present in a mineral?
- What is peat and how is it formed?