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Most silicate minerals form from molten rock as it cools. Still other silicates form from weathered silicates at Earth's surface, while others form under extreme pressure from mountain building.
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When a mineral forms a definite shape a mineral has formed a?
It forms a crystal.
Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral but but what forms a glacier is not?
Ice forms a glacier and therefore it is considered a mineral.
What can a mineral not be?
A mineral cannot be organic. A mineral cannot be made by or composed of life forms.
What is the name of the mineral that results when sodium chloride forms mineral crystals?
This mineral is called halite.
What is a common mineral that forms rocks?
Quartz is a common rock forming mineral.
What mineral forms glass?
The mineral quartz is the main ingredient in manufactured glass.
Which mineral commonly forms porphyroblasts?
Garnet commonly forms porphyroblasts.
What is a banded mineral?
A banded mineral is a mineral that has grains that are arranged in a particular pattern of flat layers or forms swirls.
What can minerals not be?
A mineral cannot be organic. A mineral cannot be made by or composed of life forms.
Where did the all metallic mineral found?
The metallic mineral is found at the center of one land forms.
What mineral forms from the chemical weathering of feldspar?
The clay mineral Kaolinite - Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
A mineral that can be flattened without breaking?
rutherfordium
