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Mineral astronomy is a lecture about minerals that occur in, on, around and between astronomical objects. It is a stand-alone lecture as part of the radiation astronomy department.

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{Which chemical phenomena are associated with the Earth? + quartz is the second most abundant mineral + an atmosphere containing CO2 + green, red, blue, and yellow airglow + the production and escape of hot H+ ions + oxygen emissions + helium ions
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{Submillimeter radiances can be matched by models which include ice particles of? { ammonia|NH3|NH3 (i) }
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{With respect to protoplanetary disks what green mineral has been found? { olivine (i) }
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{True or False, There are green or green mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: "In the green, the { polarization (i) } of the pure { silicate (i) } composition qualitatively appears a better { fit (i) } to the shape of the observed polarization curves."
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{Observations of Io have benefitted greatly from what phenomenon? - a dense, opaque atmosphere - lightning - extensive meteorite cratering - a flattening out - liquid hydrocarbon lakes + the reflected light of allotropes and compounds of sulfur
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{True or False, The silicates used to model the cometary coma dust are olivene (Mg-rich is green) and the pyroxene, asbestos. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what green astronomy phenomenon? - predicting the end of the Earth - determine the accuracy of local computers + meteorite impacts - demonstrating that Venus was once a comet - predict when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt + green fireballs
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{Which of the following are associated with greenstone belts? + metamorphosed mafic sequences + ultramafic volcanic sequences + Archaean and Proterozoic cratons + chlorite - Humphreys series - Rydberg series + green hue of metamorphic minerals
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{True or False, A plume of water ice particles emanating from Enceladus is reaching altitudes as high as 400 km above the surface. + TRUE - FALSE
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{A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of? { silicate rocks|metals|silicates (i) }
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{True or False, Olivine is a silicate mineral that may be detected in cometary coma dust with green astronomy. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Azurite is a natural pigment composed of what likely source of blue? { copper|copper oxide|copper carbonate|copper hydroxide (i) }
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{True or False, The XRS aboard the MESSENGER spacecraft maps mineral composition. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: At its effective temperature of 1250 K, the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet 51 Pegasus B has clouds composed of { magnesium silicates (i) } and { other silicates|other silicate compounds (i) }.
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{True or False, There are blue or blue mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Soil samples from the mare of the Moon reflect primarily cyan due to the presence in the soils of what? { TiO2|TiO2 (i) }
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{True or False, There are red or red mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Phenomena associated with some meteorites? - have a gaseous surface + long nickel-iron crystals + octahedrite + kamacite + taenite + plessite
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{True or False, There are violet or violet mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Purpurite is a natural mineral pigment composed of what likely source of violet or purple? { manganese|manganese oxide (i) }
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{True or False, There are cyan or cyan mineral containing meteors or meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Tarapacaite is a natural mineral pigment composed of what likely source of yellow? { chromate|potassium chromate (i) }
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{True or False, There are yellow or yellow mineral containing meteorites. + 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, There are orange or orange mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is involved in planetary astronomy more so than planetary science? + the occurrence of cyan rock types on the surface of rocky objects - the Earth and other rocky objects have a cyan mineral containing mantle - checking equations about complex systems + the advantages of a 490 nm band pass - digging holes in the surface of the Moon + surface temperatures low enough to produce methane lakes
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{True or False, The planet Saturn exhibits a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Silicates occur as part of the rocky surface beneath a visually opaque cloud layer on what planet? { Venus (i) }
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{Orpiment is a natural mineral pigment composed of what likely source of orange? { arsenic|arsenic sulfide (i) }
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{True or False, Optical reflectance studies of Mercury provide evidence for Mg silicates. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the apparent liquid-object Earth? + rain + snow + hail + neutron emission - polar coronal holes + meteor emission - rotation
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{True or False, Water ice has been detected on the surface of an asteroid. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a radiation phenomenon associated with a crater? + strata - elongated dust particles - high albedo - olivine - Rayleighs - volcanoes
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{True or False, There are submillimeter or submillimeter mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a radiation phenomenon associated with a planet? - airglow - elongated dust particles - high albedo - olivine - Rayleighs + coronal mass ejection
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{True or False, Hematite occurs as a blue to bluish-gray mineral on Mars. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Why is much of the surface of Mars covered with red iron oxide dust when the rocks that compose much of its surface are blue or violet? - Mars has been systematically bombarded with small iron-nickel meteorites or micrometeorites that oxidize in its atmosphere - Mars has been frequently bombarded with hematite containing micrometeorites - asteroid impacts on Mars may have forced iron from near its core into the atmosphere and onto the surface as hematite dust that oxidized - Mars is like Earth in surface hematite composition, but Earth has much more water + precipitation from iron-rich water
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{Yes or No, Neutron spectroscopy has detected hydrogen and thereby water on the Moon. + Yes - No
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{Which geochemical phenomena are associated with Earth? + weathering - lightning + calcium carbonate deposition in the oceans + uranium ions in its oceans - liquid methane oceans + silicate minerals
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Most of the colorful minerals found on Earth do not seem to occur anywhere else.