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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cleavage | the tendency of crystals. |
| Streak | a vein, or admixture. |
| Geode | nodular stone often lined with crystals. |
| Crystallization | Formation. |
| Solid | compact in substance. |
| Soultion | mixture of two or more substance. |
| Vein | clearly separated. |
| Inorganic | noting or pertaining to compounds. |
| Metamorghaic rock | once formed by another rock. |
| Igneous rock | rocks formed by cooling. |
| Texture | make up a textile. |
| Banded | marked or fitted. |
| Non-banded | can formed from swirl colors. |
| Coarse grainded | a course texture or grain. |
| Fine grainded | fine grain or texture. |
| Extrusive | rocks forming outside the earth. |
| Intrusive | rocks forming inside the earth. |
| Porphagry | rock contaning rock crystals. |
| Sediment | mineral or organic matter. |
| Sedimetary rock | formed through the depostion. |
| Fracture | broken surface, as of a mineral. |
| Luster | a shinning rock. |
| Moh's hardness scale | the scale from 1 to 10. |
| Crystal | a clear mineral. |
| Element | cannot be separated. |
| Flourescence | a substance capable of such emission. |
| Erosion | surface of earth worn away. |
| Deposition | removed. |
| Compaction | sediments results from the weight. |
| Cementation | the heating of two substance. |
| Chemical rocs | type of sedimentary rock. |
| Clastic rock | rock composed. |
| Organic rock | noting or pertaning of a class chemical. |
| Foliated | shaped. |
| Non-foliated | they are derived. |