Chapter 2:
Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Word List
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Atom |
Ionic bond |
Principal shell |
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Atomic Number |
Isotope |
Proton |
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Carbonates |
Luster |
Quartz |
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Cleavage |
Mass number |
Radioactive decay |
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Color |
Metallic Bond |
Renewable resources |
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Chemical bond |
Mineral |
Reserve |
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Chemical Compound |
Mineral resource |
Rock |
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Covalent bond |
Mineralogy |
Rock-forming minerals |
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Crystal shape |
Mohs scale |
Silicate |
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Density |
Neutron |
Silicon-oxygen
tetrahedron |
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Electron |
Nonrenewable resources |
Specific gravity |
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Energy levels |
Nonsilicates |
Streak |
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Element |
Nucleus |
Tenacity |
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Feldspar |
Octet Rule |
Translucent |
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Fracture |
Opaque |
Transparent |
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Habit |
Ore |
Valence electrons |
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Hardness |
Ore deposit |
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Ion |
Periodic table |
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Highlighted words are from the
11th edition.
Words in Red Text are
additional words which are in the key term list of Chapter 2 13th edition but were not on the key term list of the 11thedition