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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Oxide Minerals
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which mineral is known as pitchblende and is a principal source of uranium ?

 

Uraninite
Brookite
Spinel
Rutile

 A very hard oxide mineral consisting of aluminium oxide

 

Brookite
Corundum
Pyrolusite
Rutile
A mineral consisting of titanium oxide and an important source of titanium is

 

Brookite
Corundum
Pyrolusite
Rutile

 Ruby is the red type of which oxide mineral ?

 

Hematite
Corundum
Chalcedony
Quartz
Which is one of the most common minerals and is used as a semi precious gemstone ?

 

Wad
Opal
Quartz
Samarskite

 Jasper, Onyx and Bloodstone are all varieties of

 

Hematite
Corundum
Spinel
Chalcedony
A form of quartz whose colour may be white, blue, red, green , brown or black is

 

Wad
Chalcedony
Brookite
Samarskite

 Which black oxide mineral is an important source of iron ?

 

Magnetite
Chromite
Franklinite
Cuprite
Which of these glassy mineral oxides comes in various colours and is used as a gemstone ?

 

Uraninite
Spinel
Hematite
Rutile

 Chalcedony and Quartz are crystalline forms of which compound ?

 

Aluminium Oxide
Galena
Iron Oxide
Silicon Dioxide


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