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| The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes |
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| The simlified pattern that illustrates the order in which minerals crystallize from cooling magma acording to their chemical composistion and melting point |
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| rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies |
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| rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma bebeath earth's surface |
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| rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at earth's surface |
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| describes mgma or igneous rock that is rich in feldspars and silica and that is generally light in color |
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| descrines magma or igneous rock that is rich in magnetism and iron and that is generally dark in color |
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| the process in which the volume and poroity of a sediment is decreased by the weight of overlying sdiments as a result of burial beneath other sediments |
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| the process in which minerals precipitate into the pore spaces betweeen sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock |
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| Chemical sedimentary rock |
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| sedimentary rock that forms when minerals precipitate from a solution or setle from a suspension |
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| sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants or animals |
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| sedimentary rock that forms when fragments of preeexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together |
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| the process in which one type of rock changes into metamorphic rock because of chemical process or changes in temperature and pressure |
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| a chnge in the texture, structure, or chemical composition of a rock due to contact with magma |
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| a change in the texture, structure, or chemical composistion of a rock due to changes in temperature and pressure over a large area, generally as a result of tectonic forces |
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| the metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands |
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| the metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands |
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