Minerals/Carbonides/Quiz

File:Carbon from space.png

This is a piece of carbon from space. Credit: Francine Loubrieu.

Apparently graphitic-like carbon particles such as shown in the image on the right have been found in space and brought back to Earth.

Carbonide minerals is a lecture and an article from the school of geology and the radiation astronomy department. It is about solid, crystalline substances that occur in and compose astronomical objects including the Earth. It focuses on materials containing large amounts of carbon that may occur on the surface of or associated with some astronomical objects.

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Quiz

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1 Yes or No, Aluminum is an carbonide element.

	Yes
	No

2 Fullerite appears to be a tentative name for the mineral occurrence of

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3 True or False, Diamond is an carbonide element.

	TRUE
	FALSE

4 Chaoites are another hexagonal form of native

5 True or False, Boron occurs naturally in chaoites.

	TRUE
	FALSE

6 Complete the text:

The mineral Lonsdaleite is a translucent, and is made from the atoms of but the arrangement of these atoms is different from the of carbon atoms in a .

7 Yes or No, The weight of a diamond is measured in carrots.

	Yes
	No

8 Corundum is a mineral that is associated with which of the following

	predicting the end of the Earth
	determine the accuracy of local computers
	sapphire
	emery
	predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	ruby

9 Yes or No, A carbonate (CO₃) usually occurs with an anion.

	Yes
	No

10 A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of?

11 True or False, Carpathite is an carbonide element.

	TRUE
	FALSE

12 Yes or No, Silicon carbide does not occur naturally.

	Yes
	No

13 Yes or No, Abelsonites contain more carbon than hartites.

	Yes
	No

Hypotheses

Main resource: Hypotheses

1. Carbonide minerals are a generic for formation conditions.

See also

• Mineralogy/Quiz
• Minerals/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System

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