Volcanoes/Volcanic minerals/Quiz

Volcanic minerals is a lecture about minerals that occur in, on, around and between volcanic rocks. It is a volcanoes lecture offered by the radiation astronomy department and the school of geology.

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{Yes or No, Forsterite is associated with igneous and metamorphic rocks and has also been found in meteorites. + Yes - No
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{Which chemical phenomenon 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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{Yes or No, The pyroxenes are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. + Yes - No
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{With respect to protoplanetary disks what green mineral has been found? { olivine (i) }
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{True or False, Coesite and stishovite can only be formed by intense pressure, but moderate temperatures. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Observations of Io have benefited 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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{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, 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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{Yes or No, Fluorapatite occurs widely as an accessory mineral in igneous rocks and in calcium rich metamorphic rocks. + Yes - No
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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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{Yes or No, Tanzanite is found only in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. + Yes - No
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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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{Yes or No, Blueschist is a metavolcanic rock that forms by the metamorphism of basalt and rocks. + Yes - No
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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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{Yes or No, Hauyne, haüyne or hauynite occurs in Vesuvian lavas in Monte Somma, Italy. + Yes - No
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{True or False, Cubanite occurs in high temperature hydrothermal deposits with pyrrhotite and pentlandite as intergrowths with chalcopyrite. + 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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{Yes or No, Microlite is a mineral in the pyrochlore group that occurs in pegmatites and constitutes an ore of tantalum. + Yes - No
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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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{Yes or No, Orpiment is an orange to yellow mineral that is found worldwide on Earth, and occurs as a sublimation product in volcanic fumaroles, low temperature hydrothermal veins, hot springs and as a byproduct of the decay of another arsenic mineral, realgar. + Yes - No
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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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{Yes or No, Breithauptite occurs in hydrothermal calcite veins associated with cobalt–nickel–silver ores. + Yes - No
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Hypotheses

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