GEOL 1001 : Test Questions Part 3
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When we say that a material is crystalline we mean that internally. = atoms are distributed in an orderly arrangement. = oil, because it"s a liquid not a solid. ---------------- is a specific, repeating pattern, at the atomic or molecular level, that serves as an orderly framework to accept the atoms, ions, or molecules that make up minerals, The chemical formula of quartz is sio2, this means that if you analyze a piece of quartz, you will find that . = the piece contains one silica atom for every two oxygen atoms.
