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By what date had Kokichi 1908
Mikimoto begun culturing
whole pearls
Synthetic gem materials Are not minerals
which of the following is amber
an organic gem
which of the following is amber
amorphous
a natural material that's rock
made up of a mass of one
or more kinds of mineral
crystals is
what group does garnet
alamandine belong to
A gem produced by, or organic
derived from, a living
organism is
which of the following is a demantoid
gem variety
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the world's largest gem- the US
consuming market is
a substance that consists chemical element
of atoms of only one kind
is a
Media attention in the emerald
1990s regarding its
treatment reduced
consumer confidence in
a natural, inorganic mineral
substance with a
characteristic chemical
composition and usual
crystal structure is a
most gems are minerals
To be a gem, a mineral rare
must be beautiful, durable,
and
a broad gem category gem species
based on chemical
composition and crystal
structure is called a
Many colored stones are independent miners using small-scale mining
mined by methods.
Rocks altered by heat and metamorphic
pressure beneath Earth's
surface are
Which type of deposit is secondary
usually the most profitable
for colored stone mining?
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Which gem can crystallize red beryl
in volcanic rock from
gasses released by
magma?
Emeralds are rarely found unable to withstand much abrasion
in placer deposits
because they're
Which is a workable placers
alluvial deposit of gem
minerals with economic
potential?
Which is a deposit where eluvial
gems eroded from the
source rock and remained
in place nearby?
from granite, pegmatite beryllium, boron, and lithium
gems get exotic elements
like
Myanmar's famous Mogok metamorphic process
ruby deposits were
formed by
most of the gems in placer deposits
tanzania's umba river
valley are formed in
A deposit where gems are primary deposit
found in the rock that
where they formed is
called
Which is a key locality for Ouro Preto, Brazil
hydrothermal gems?
Heat and pressure marble
transform limestone into
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which gem form by tanzanite
metamophosis
Most gemstones form in continental crust
the
kunzite is most often tourmaline and beryl in pegmatites
associated with
how heavy an object is in density
relation to its size
A two-phase inclusion is a liquid and a gas
cavity in a gem that's
typically filled with a
which type of twinning is polysynthetic
caused by environmental
change after a gem forms
which element caused red chromium
in ruby and green in
emerald
A unit cell defines a basic identity
mineral's
which type of twinning contact twinning
looks as if two crystal
halves are mirror images
crystals that grow in a flux small
that is highly saturated
with the necessary
elements tend to be -
which is classified in the topaz
orthorhombic crystal
system
Which gems are Chalcedony and turquoise
cryptocrystalline
aggregates?
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Terms in this set (394)
By what date had Kokichi 1908
Mikimoto begun culturing
whole pearls
Synthetic gem materials Are not minerals
which of the following is amber
an organic gem
which of the following is amber
amorphous
a natural material that's rock
made up of a mass of one
or more kinds of mineral
crystals is
what group does garnet
alamandine belong to
A gem produced by, or organic
derived from, a living
organism is
which of the following is a demantoid
gem variety
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the world's largest gem- the US
consuming market is
a substance that consists chemical element
of atoms of only one kind
is a
Media attention in the emerald
1990s regarding its
treatment reduced
consumer confidence in
a natural, inorganic mineral
substance with a
characteristic chemical
composition and usual
crystal structure is a
most gems are minerals
To be a gem, a mineral rare
must be beautiful, durable,
and
a broad gem category gem species
based on chemical
composition and crystal
structure is called a
Many colored stones are independent miners using small-scale mining
mined by methods.
Rocks altered by heat and metamorphic
pressure beneath Earth's
surface are
Which type of deposit is secondary
usually the most profitable
for colored stone mining?
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Which gem can crystallize red beryl
in volcanic rock from
gasses released by
magma?
Emeralds are rarely found unable to withstand much abrasion
in placer deposits
because they're
Which is a workable placers
alluvial deposit of gem
minerals with economic
potential?
Which is a deposit where eluvial
gems eroded from the
source rock and remained
in place nearby?
from granite, pegmatite beryllium, boron, and lithium
gems get exotic elements
like
Myanmar's famous Mogok metamorphic process
ruby deposits were
formed by
most of the gems in placer deposits
tanzania's umba river
valley are formed in
A deposit where gems are primary deposit
found in the rock that
where they formed is
called
Which is a key locality for Ouro Preto, Brazil
hydrothermal gems?
Heat and pressure marble
transform limestone into
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which gem form by tanzanite
metamophosis
Most gemstones form in continental crust
the
kunzite is most often tourmaline and beryl in pegmatites
associated with
how heavy an object is in density
relation to its size
A two-phase inclusion is a liquid and a gas
cavity in a gem that's
typically filled with a
which type of twinning is polysynthetic
caused by environmental
change after a gem forms
which element caused red chromium
in ruby and green in
emerald
A unit cell defines a basic identity
mineral's
which type of twinning contact twinning
looks as if two crystal
halves are mirror images
crystals that grow in a flux small
that is highly saturated
with the necessary
elements tend to be -
which is classified in the topaz
orthorhombic crystal
system
Which gems are Chalcedony and turquoise
cryptocrystalline
aggregates?
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