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| A relatively hard, naturally occurring mineral material. |
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| the process by which rocks are formed |
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| It is a rock formed by the cooling of magma |
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| A type of igneous rock that is formed when magma from a volcano hardens. |
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| Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock. |
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| Derived from magma poured out or ejected at the earth's surface. Used of igneous rocks. |
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| A hard, dense, dark volcanic rock that flows |
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| A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock |
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| Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure |
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| Of or relating to rock that exhibits a layered structure. |
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| Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock |
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| Sedimentary rocks are often deposited in layers, and frequently contain fossils. |
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| The process by which the porosity of a given form of sediment |
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| the heating of two substances in contact in order to effect some change in one of them |
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| molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed |
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| rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass |
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