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| mineral | A mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formula, that is usually solid and inorganic, and has a crystal structure
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| crystal structure | Image result for crystal structureengineering.purdue.edu
In mineralogy and crystallography, a crystal structure is a unique arrangement of atoms in a crystal. A crystal structure is composed of a unit cell,
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| luster | Image result for lusterwww.geology4today.com
Lustre or luster is the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral.
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| Moh's hardness scale | A scale used to measure the relative hardness of a mineral by its resistance to scratching.
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| fracture | the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material
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| streak | a long, thin line or mark of a different substance or color from its surroundings.
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| clevage | a sharp division; a split.
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| hardness | the quality or condition of being hard.
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| crystalization | Image result for crystallizationen.wikipedia.org
Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs
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| solution | In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In such a mixture, a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent.
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| vein | Search Results
Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system, which returns blood to the heart. In contrast, an artery is a vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen away from the heart to the body.
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Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system, which returns blood to the heart. In contrast, an artery is a vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen away from the heart to the body.
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| Element | is a substance consisting of atoms which all have the same number of protons
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| compand | is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together.
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| Inorganic | An inorganic compound is a compound that is not Organic. The term is not well defined, but in its simplest definition refers simply to compounds that do not contain carbon, and not consisting of or deriving from living matter.
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| flouresscene | fluorescence definition. The emission of light from an object as a result of bombardment by other kinds of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays or ultraviolet rays
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| texture | the way a rock feels
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| finegrained | a small solid piece of materiel that comes from rock
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| coarse grained | magma cools slowly
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| porphry | magma cools in two stages
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| exstrucsive igneous rock | igneous rock that forms from lava on the surface
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| instructive igneous rock | formed by magma
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| sediment | a type of that forms from particles from other rocks
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| compaction | the process by which sediment are passed
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| erosion | the process by which water ice
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| cementation | the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize
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| deposition | particles that are loosely packed
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| clastic | sedimentary rock that forms rock fragments
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| chemical | sedimentary rock that form when mineral
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| organic | sedimentary rock that forms form remains
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| foliated | Metamorphic rocks with grains arranged in parallel layers or bands are said to be
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