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jwb375

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What is a simple chemical test that will distinguish calcite from non-carbonate minerals?

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What term describes an anomaly that is similar to the reappearance of an ancestral trait?
 A)vestigialism
 B)analogism
 C)atavism
 D)homologism
 E)phylogeny


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Calcite will effervesce in hydrochloric acid. Non-carbonate minerals will not.

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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