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What do you call a group of closely associated rocks or minerals from a specific area?
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It is called a suite of rocks.
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Does the smallest group of rock forming minerals consist of silicates?
No. Silicates are the largest group of rock forming minerals.
Is turquoise apart of a mineral group or mineral class?
Turquoise is a member of the turquoise group and is classed as a phosphate. Phosphates are a class of minerals that is part of a large and diverse group of minerals.
What action leads to crystal formation in minerals?
Minerals often take on specific geometric crystal shapes, such as a cube or other polygon. The reason is because minerals are formed with different combinations of atoms or molecules. Different arrangements of these atoms display different geometric crystal shapes.How these atoms and molecules are arranged depends on what kind of atoms or molecules make up the mineral. The same group of atoms or molecules can be arranged in different ways and can end up as different types of minerals. Examining this crystal structure is the most accurate way to identify different minerals since the crystal structure is specific to each mineral.The molecules of the minerals and their solidification into crystals under specific conditions of temperature, solute concentrates, etc.
Is metamorphic a type of mineral?
Metamorphic is a group of rocks with similar characteristics. There are minerals in the rocks so they could be considered made of minerals but they are not minerals themselves.
What is the most common group of rock forming minerals?
silicate and non silicate
In which group of organisms are the members more closely associated?
The group of organisms where members are more closely associated is species. Genus is the next one group where members are closely related.
Which group is closely associated with the republican party?
Conservatives
Which group is most closely associated with republican party?
Conservatives
Which group is most closely associated with the Democratic Party?
Liberals
What group was Osama Bin Laden most closely associated with?
Al Queda
The Underground Railroad is most closely associated with which cultural group?
The African Americans.
What group of people are most closely associated with The Bible?
Christians are most closely associated with The Bible. The Bible is considered a sacred text in Christianity, serving as a foundational scripture for Christian beliefs and practices.
Definition of ethnic province in geography?
A large territory, urban or rural, dominated by or closely associated with a single ethnic group.
What is hypersplenism?
Hypersplenism is not a specific disease but a syndrome (group or cluster of symptoms) that may be associated with different disorders.
What is a Calamian?
A Calamian is a person or thing belonging to or associated with a specific group of islands in the Philippine province of Palawan.
What is the group of tissues that work together to perform closely related functions?
A group of tissues that work together to perform a specific function is called an organ. Tissues are made up of a group of cells that are performing the same functions.
What animals belong to the same group as dragonfly?
A dragonfly is classified as an insect so therefor other insects would be in the same group as a dragonfly. There are other insects that are more closely associated with it, they usually live in a wet environment.
