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From the list provided below,choose those observations that accurately describe the mineral presented in these images.Both images show the same type of mineral.

A) This mineral has a metallic luster.
B) This mineral is opaque,meaning that it is not clear; light does not pass through it.
C) This mineral has cleavage.
D) None of these.

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What are the two main ways that minerals are put together in rocks?

A) igneous versus metamorphic
B) igneous versus sedimentary
C) metamorphic versus sedimentary
D) crystalline versus clastic

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Which layer in the earth has a composition similar to the granite shown in this photograph?

What type of atom is represented by the small brown sphere in the center of this silica tetrahedron?

Which of the following is a silicate mineral?

What type of rock is shown in this photograph?

What characteristic of water helps it cause a mineral,such as halite,to dissolve?

What is a diagnostic characteristic of a mineral used to make a cement slab in your house?

A mineral is light colored,transparent,has a hardness of seven,and fractures rather than cleaves.What minerals is it?

In this part of the Periodic Table,what type of elements are in the group that includes elements C,O,and S?

Which of the following largely determines an atom's atomic weight?

What mineral test is shown in this photograph?

Which of the following is NOT a major class of rock-forming minerals?

What class of mineral forms when the element O is bonded with a metal,as in the mineral hematite?

In which of the following types of bonding do atoms share one or more electrons,as shown in this figure?

Which of these minerals could be used to make glass windows?

Which of the following is generally a light-colored silicate mineral?

What class of mineral forms when the element S is bonded with a metal,as iron in the mineral pyrite?

What type of cleavage is illustrated in this figure?

Which of the following minerals is typically green and has no cleavage?