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| rock formed from pieces of other rocks that are pressed together |
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| rock formed by the crystallization of hot melted rock or minerals |
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| rock formed when existing rocks are changed by heat and pressure |
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| solid rock inside the earth |
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| sedimentary rock made up of fragments of rocks |
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| sedimentary rock made up of dissolved minerals or the remains of living things |
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| texture of a metamorphic rock that has mineral crystals arranged in bands |
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| color of the powder left by a mineral |
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| how a mineral's surface reflects light |
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| tendency of some minerals to split along smooth, flat surfaces called planes |
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| tendency of someminerals to break into pieces with uneven surfaces |
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| property of a mineral that relates to how much the mineral resists being scratched |
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