Minerals and Mineral Groups

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• How does heat and pressure change minerals?
• How do minerals change without melting?
• How do minerals form from magma?
• How do minerals form from solution?
• How minerals are formed?
• What are some examples of carbonate minerals?
• What are some examples of halide minerals?
• What are some examples of halide minerals?
• How are minerals and rocks related?
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• What type of non-silicate mineral group does calcite belong to?
• What are the five most common mineral groups found in rock?
• How do scientists classify minerals?
• What mineral group does calcite belong to?
• What is the difference between ore and mineral?
• What is a mafic mineral?
• What are the main characteristics of the major mineral groups?
• Do the mineral groups carbonates, halides, or sulfides contain silicon?
• How many differnt types of minerals are there?
• What is the difference between rock, mineral, ore and metal?
• What differentiates one mineral group from others? Why are minerals grouped in this manner rather than using their properties?
• What is the mineral group for emerald?
• What are four characteristics that all minerals share?
• What silicate mineral is the basic building block of many rocks?
• Coal is composed of carbon. Is it a mineral?
• Lodestone is magnetic. How might you identify whether a mineral sample might be lodestone?
• Why is a ruby gemstone considered to be a solution?
• Why are minerals important? What are some examples?
• Pumice, obsidian, and basalt glass all have what kind of texture?
• In which state is the only diamond mine in North America?
• Which minerals comprise basalt?
• For minerals, what does the Mohs scale measure?
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• Iron, copper, and aluminum and all examples of what type of mineral?
• How are minerals related to rocks ?
• What are distinctive properties of a mineral?