When calcium metal (Ca) reacts with oxygen gas (O2), it produces the ionic compound calcium oxide (Cao). Write the balanced equation for this reaction. Then, explain ift the requirements to be considered a redox 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.