Exam 3: Matter and Minerals

Each atom of the same element, zinc for example, has the same number of _________.

A(n)_________is not a fundamental particle found in atoms.

Which one of the following is a sodium and calcium feldspar with striations?

The physical property denoting a mineral's tendency to crack along parallel, planar surfaces is known as what?

In atoms, which electrons are involved in chemical bonding?

Most glasses and some minerals exhibit a type of fracture characterized by nested and curved, cracked surfaces. What term describes this property?

Which common nonsilicate mineral is used in wallboard?

The strong tendency of certain minerals to break along smooth, parallel planes is known as_________ .

A compound is a stable chemical substance composed of two or more what?

Parallel, straight, linear imperfections visible on the cleavage surfaces of plagioclase feldspar are called what?

All silicate minerals contain _________and_________ .

Cell phones are often recycled to collect gold and other metals from them. This is profitable because _________.

Hornblende and the other amphiboles have what type of silicate structure?

What two major characteristics differentiate minerals from the noble gases?

What are the lightest or least massive of the fundamental atomic particles?

Gold's tenacity can be described as___________ .

How does one classify a nonsilicate mineral group?

_________reacts readily with acids such as hydrochloric.

_________is not a mineral.

Silicate minerals polymerize to form a variety of structures. Three- dimensional structures have _________silicon than those composed of independent tetrahedra.