If you place a piece of zinc metal is placed in a beaker of hydrochloric acid which of the following will occur?
a) vigorous reaction, accompanied by the evolution of hydrogen
Ob) vigorous reaction, accompanied by the evolution of chlorine
c) reaction of the metal without the evolution of gas
d) no visible reaction

Pegmatites are igneous rocks in which the individual minerals are very large. typically, the minerals are all light-colored quartz, feldspar and muscovite. if you were given a black and white photograph of a pegmatite in a quarry (where the rock has been blasted and broken), what physical properties could you use to identify those three minerals in this hypothetical photo? describe each mineral and the specific diagnostic properties. be specific.