Minerals/Silicates/Quiz

Silicate minerals is a lecture and an article from the school of geology. It is about solid, crystalline substances containing the various silicic acid salts of the periodic table that occur in and compose astronomical objects. It focuses on materials that may occur on the surface of or associated with some astronomical objects.

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{Yes or No, Garnet is an orthosilicate. + Yes - No
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{Carnotite is a potassium uranium { vanadate (i) } radioactive mineral.
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{Yes or No, Tephroite is a nesosilicate. + Yes - No
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{Autunite occurs as an oxidizing product of uranium minerals in granite pegmatites and hydrothermal { deposits (i) }.
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{True or False, Leucophanite is a sorosilicate mineral. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Elements usually emit a { gamma ray|gamma-ray (i) } during nuclear { decay (i) } or { fission (i) }.
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{True or False, Silicate minerals, or silicates, are those with unusually high concentrations, atomic per cents, or weight per cents, of the silicic salts. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Carnotite is a mineral that may be associated with which phenomena? + varying water content + small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium + a bright to greenish yellow mineral - demonstrating that Venus was once a comet + amounts as low as one percent will color sandstone a bright yellow. + an important uranium ore + usually found in sedimentary rocks in arid climates
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{Yes or No, Beryl is a cyclosilicate. + Yes - No
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{A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of? { silicate rocks|metals|silicates|rocks (i) }
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{Yes or No, Augite is an inosilicate. + Yes - No
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{The primary source of the world's thorium is the rare-earth, and thorium, phosphate mineral { monazite (i) }.
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{Yes or No, Anthophyllite is an inosilicate. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: The extremely rare element technetium can be found in { uraninite|pitchblende (i) } in very small quantities (about 0.2 ng/kg), produced by the { spontaneous (i) } fission of uranium-238.
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{True or False, Kaolin is a phyllosilicate. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which geochemical phenomena are associated with thorianite? + thorium oxide - lightning + common in the alluvial gem-gravels of Sri Lanka + the mineral is slightly less radioactive than pitchblende - liquid methane oceans + water worn, small, heavy, black, cubic crystals
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{True or False, There are blue or blue silicate minerals. + TRUE - FALSE
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{True or False, Orthoclase is a tectosilicate. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Phenomena associated with torbernites? - have a gaseous surface + radioactive + hydrated green copper uranyl phosphate mineral + isostructural with the related uranium mineral, autunite + the number of water hydration molecules can vary between 12 and 8 + gives rise to a variety of metatorbernite when torbernite spontaneously dehydrates
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{True or False, Analcite is a feldspathoid tektosilicate. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The rarest naturally occurring element on Earth is named { Astatine (i) }
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{True or False, Curium is an actinide element. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Uranophane is a rare calcium uranium { nesosilicate (i) } hydrate mineral.
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{True or False, Berkelium is an actinide element. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Red ochre is a natural pigment composed of what likely source of red? { hematite|iron|iron oxide|Fe2O3|Fe2O3 (i) }
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{True or False, Californium is an actinide element. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Match up the crystal with the mineral uraninite - A monazite - B pitchblende - C thorianite - D { D (i) }. { C (i) }. { B (i) }. { A (i) }.
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{Yes or No, Einsteinium is an actinide element. + Yes - No
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{A gamma-ray spectrum for autunite is likely to show peaks for Ra-226, { Pb-214 (i) } and Bi-214.
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{True or False, Fermium is an actinide element. + TRUE - FALSE
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{True or False, Fermium isotopes have been found in precambrian carbonate rocks from Sao Paulo State. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Yes or No, Lawrencium is a silicate mineral. - Yes + No
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Silicates may be too plentiful.