Minerals/Aluminides/Quiz

Aluminide minerals is a lecture 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 aluminum that may occur on the surface of or associated with some astronomical objects.

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The bright silvery flakes are native aluminum in a polished section. Credit: Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag.

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Quiz

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1 Yes or No, Aluminum is an aluminide element.

	Yes
	No

2 Bayerite is a polymorph of gibbsite and has the same chemical

3 True or False, Aluminium is an aluminide element.

	TRUE
	FALSE

4 The type locality for native aluminum is the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka,

5 True or False, Boron is an aluminide element.

	TRUE
	FALSE

6 Complete the text:

The designation for aluminum is Al0. It has been found as a flake protruding from the matrix of a rock specimen collected from a pegmatite vein.

7 Yes or No, Gallium is an aluminide element.

	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, Silicon is an aluminide element.

	Yes
	No

10 A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of?

11 True or False, Indium is an aluminide element.

	TRUE
	FALSE

Hypotheses

Main resource: Hypotheses

1. Aluminide 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

{{Radiation astronomy resources}}