HW#9: Matter & Minerals

Instructions: Answer the questions below using one to five sentences.

13. Apart from their difference in color, what is one main distinction between light and dark silicates? What accounts for this difference?

14. Based on the chart in Figure 3.25, what do muscovite and biotite have in common? How do they differ?

15. List three common nonsilicate mineral groups. What key ions or elements define each group?

16. What is the most common carbonate mineral?

17. List two examples of renewable resources and two examples of nonrenewable resources.

18. Compare and contrast a mineral resource and an ore deposit.