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digs holes in stair-step fashion
open pit mining
drags lines underwater
dredging
uses explosives
mountain top removal
uses tunnels deep underground
shaft mining
removes top layer, then deposit
strip mining
most abundant mineral group
made of...
basic shape
silicate, silicon and oxygen, silica tetrahedron
native minerals are...
elements that occur in nature in uncombined forms.
number of crystal systems
6
crystals need__and__to form
space, time
crystals form when magma__or water__.
cools, evaporates
molten mineral inside the earth is called__, whereas on the surface it is called__.
maga, lava
smelting
the way of extracting metal from its ore using extreme heat
what mineral reacts with HCl
magnesium
what mineral is magnetic
magnetite
what mineral exhibits double refraction
calcite
what mineral has hexagonal crystals and a hardness of 9
corundum
what mineral has a hardness of 10
diamond
what mineral is used as pencil lead
graphite
what mineral is bright yellow
sulfure
what mineralhas a red-brown streak
hematite
what mineral tastes salty
halite
what mineral exhibits double refraction
calcite
what is specific gravity
the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of another substance
name 5 requirements
inorganic, solid, naturally occurring, crystal structure, chemical makeup