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Non-Silicate Minerals

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What is the composition of non-silicate minerals?

Lacking silicon and oxygen (correct)

Lacking silicon and nitrogen

Containing silicon and oxygen

Containing silicon and nitrogen

Why was limestone mined by settlers in Central Kansas?

To create tools for mining

To build homes in the absence of trees (correct)

To extract a valuable metal from it

To use as a construction material for roads

What is the most abundant carbonate mineral?

Marble

Calcite (correct)

Limestone

Dolomite

What is the major constituent in limestone and marble?

Calcite Signup and view all the answers

What minerals make up the majority of the earth's crust?

Silicate minerals Signup and view all the answers

What does CO3-2 represent in carbonates?

Carbonate anion with a charge of -2 Signup and view all the answers

Which region was once covered by a great sea, leading to the formation of limestone?

Central Kansas Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary process that forms stalagmites and stalactites?

Deposition of minerals by water evaporation Signup and view all the answers

What mineral is stony coral primarily composed of?

Calcium carbonate Signup and view all the answers

What type of mineral is gypsum?

Sulfate Signup and view all the answers

What is the main component of halite?

Sodium chloride Signup and view all the answers

What is the evidence of the relatively dry past of the Mediterranean Sea?

Huge beds of halite and gypsum on the seabed Signup and view all the answers

Non-Silicate Minerals

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Questions and Answers

What is the composition of non-silicate minerals?

Why was limestone mined by settlers in Central Kansas?

What is the most abundant carbonate mineral?

What is the major constituent in limestone and marble?

What minerals make up the majority of the earth's crust?

What does CO3-2 represent in carbonates?

Which region was once covered by a great sea, leading to the formation of limestone?

What is the primary process that forms stalagmites and stalactites?

What mineral is stony coral primarily composed of?

What type of mineral is gypsum?

What is the main component of halite?

What is the evidence of the relatively dry past of the Mediterranean Sea?

What type of mineral would precipitate first when 80% of sea water evaporates?

Where is Gypsum, Colorado known for mining gypsum located?

How are stony coral and limestone structures formed?

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