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Natural
Solid
Inorganic
Crystals |
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| Defining characteristics of minerals |
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| regular, repeating arrangment of atoms in the solid state |
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Formed from solution when liquid evaporates
Forms as crystallization occurs within a liquid
Forms as liquid rocks cools and solififies |
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| The over 4000 minerals on Earth are primarily composed of ___ elements |
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| two most common elements found in minerals |
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| Minerals made up of silicon and oxygen |
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Appearance
Streak
Hardness
Cleavage/Fracture
Luster
Special features such as magnetism, ability to refract light |
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| Ways in which minerals are identified |
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| rare and beautiful minerals |
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| Materials that can be mined from the ground and minerals can be removed and sold at a profit |
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| Large crystals are formed as magma cools _____. |
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| Small cyrstals form when magma cools ____. |
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| Shows the processes involved in the the formation and changing of rocks |
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| processes that turn rock into sediments |
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| compaction and cementation |
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| processes that change sediments into rock |
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| rock that forms from the cooling of magma |
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| rocks that form fromm sediments |
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| rocks that form from other rocks that undergo changes |
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| Processes that change one type of rock into other rocks without melting it |
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| Magma that reaches Earth's surface |
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| Magma rises because it is ____ than the surrounding rock. |
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| Metamorphic rocks are classified according to their banding as __ or ___. |
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| Unbanded metamorphic rock |
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| Igneous rocks that form below Earth's surface |
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| Igneous rocks that form at or near Earth's surface |
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| type of rock almost always formed at or near Earth's surface |
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| a combination of sediments, chemicals, mineral crystals and/or inorganic materials |
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| Three types of sedimentary rocks |
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| sedimentary rocks made from rock fragments |
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| Sedimentary rocks composed of plant or animals materials |
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light-colored
lower density than basaltic
high silica content |
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Dark-colored
high density
low silica content |
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| Type of magma that has a composition between basaltic and granitic |
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| colored of powdered mineral |
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| measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched |
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| Scale used to determine the hardeness of a mineral |
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| describes the tendency of a mineral to break along straight smooth surfaces |
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| describes minerals that break along rough, jagged edges |
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| describes how light reflects from a mineral |
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| the process where sediments are pressed together to form rock |
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| process where sediments are glued together by minerals to form rock |
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| most common types of rocks on Earth |
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