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A mineral's crystal shape and cleavage are a direct result of the mineral's...?
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What is the difference between a crystal and luster?
Luster is a property of minerals that describes their appearance. A crystal is the structure that minerals possess due to the arrangement of their atomic particles.
How does the origin of slaty cleavage differ from the origin of fissility in shale?
Slaty cleavage is a result of stress and strain during the metamorphism process where the minerals that make up the slate become deformed and or re-crystallise with an orientation normal to the principle stress field. The fissile nature of shale is a result of the preferential alignment of clay minerals during the formation of the rock. This is because clay minerals are plate like and so form horizontal layers much like you would get if you stacked playing cards.
How do minerals get into the soil?
minerals get in soil as a result of decomposition of organic matter Hope this is okay, Destiny:)
Does aluminum fracture?
The cortex electrons separate as a result of broken hydrogen bonds between the subatomic particles of the atoms.
'not living' rocks and minerals?
Inorganic. Not a result of the processes of organisms.
Tendency to break along smooth flat surfaces?
Many minerals have "cleavage" that causes them to split on flat cleavage planes. Such minerals include micas (muscovite, biotite. phlogopite), calcite, gypsum, and feldspars. Cleavage is the result of the minerals' crystal structure that has weaker chemical bonds aligned in planes.
What is the difference between a crystal and luster?
Luster is a property of minerals that describes their appearance. A crystal is the structure that minerals possess due to the arrangement of their atomic particles.
Why aren't solids minerals?
A mineral is determined as a lattice-structured repeating crystal. While all minerals are solids, there are solids which are not lattice-structured, not repeating, and not crystalline. As a result, those solids are not minerals.
How does the origin of slaty cleavage differ from the origin of fissility in shale?
Slaty cleavage is a result of stress and strain during the metamorphism process where the minerals that make up the slate become deformed and or re-crystallise with an orientation normal to the principle stress field. The fissile nature of shale is a result of the preferential alignment of clay minerals during the formation of the rock. This is because clay minerals are plate like and so form horizontal layers much like you would get if you stacked playing cards.
The cleavage properties of mica result from what?
weak bonds between flat layers
The cubic shape of a mineral crystal is most likely the result of that crystal?
internal arrangement of atoms
What are minerals of effusive rocks and products of fumoral activities?
minerals of effusive rocks are minerals that are found as result of cooling of magma
Why are minerals considered to be crystalline?
Minerals are by definition occurring in nature, solid, having a specific chemical formula, and having a crystalline structure. When minerals form from a gaseous or liquid state of matter into a solid, their combinations of atoms arrange themselves into a crystalline structure, for example, a quart crystal. These crystalline structures are divided into six or seven (depending on what article you read) crystal systems by length and relationships between the crystal axes.
What is the direct result of aerobic respiration?
The direct result of aerobic respiration is the production of ATP from the breakdown of glucose.
When chemical weathering breaks down rocks into dissolved ions in solutions what will result from direct precipitation of the dissolved minerals?
A crystalline precipitate such as salt or gypsum. Another example is how you make rock candy.
When you warm the test tube crystal of iodine what is the result?
it result to the formation of metal sulfates
How do minerals get into the soil?
minerals get in soil as a result of decomposition of organic matter Hope this is okay, Destiny:)
