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What rocks are composed of minerals that form with blocky crystals shapes?
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Donkey brains and carrots.
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Do crystals have the same shapes?
Crystals of the same substance form a similar structure in nature, but there are many basic crystaline structures in different substances
How do geologists use different types of crystal shapes to classify minerals?
Minerals are classified by their geometry into six different mineral crystal systems. Each crystal system has its own set of parameters based on relationships between length and angles between a crystals axes.
Do mineral crystals tend to appear in one of the six well defined shapes?
Yes
What characteristic makes a substance a mineral?
Different minerals have different contents. Iron, magnesium, silicon, oxygen, and aluminum are some of the elements commonly found in minerals.
Definition of non-metallic minerals?
they do not contain metals and are lighter than metallic minerals . they cannot be mouled into different shapes. generally,they contain :
What are the shapes of minerals made by their atoms are arrange?
The shapes are called crystals.
Minerals form geometric shapes called?
Crystals.
What are the geometric shapes in minerals called?
I believe they are called crystals.
Why do minerals have geometric shapes?
Minerals have geometric shapes because that's how the crystals form.
Do crystals have different shapes?
They have different developing sites. Restricted, open, magma, and minerals from solution.
What crystal makes a rock?
In geology, crystals are the geometric shapes into which minerals form. The crystals can be described in terms of axes, angles, and faces, unlike tree bark.
What determines a mineral's shape?
yes. each minerals atoms are arranged in a very specific order.
What are two objects from natures whose shapes are hexagonal?
Honeycomb? Some snowflakes? Some minerals or crystals also maybe?
What are minerals that have definite shapes and sharp edges called?
there are many names for this explanation and a particular name is..............
What causes different crystal shapes?
Crystals are made from molten magma that cools causing silicate minerals to crystallize. The different crystal shapes form differently as the magma cools at different rates.
What geometrical shapes do crystals form?
Crystals form in the shapes of hexagons or six-sided prisms.
What geometrical shapes show how crystals form?
Crystals form in the shapes of hexagons or six-sided prisms.
