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Rocks & Minerals

TermDefinition
Luster How a mineral reflects light
Internal arrangement of atoms All of the properties of minerals are the result of its...
Hardness Minerals are scratched on glass to test a mineral's...
Halite A colorless to white mineral that breaks into cubes.
Calcite A colorless to white mineral that breaks with rhombohedral cleavage and bubbles with acid
Cooling & Solidification The processes that make Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rocks Heat and pressure make up these type of rocks
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks Uplift, weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, compaction, and cementation are processed involved in formation of what type of rocks?
Marble When limestone is exposed to heat and pressure it will turn into what?
Cleavage Describes how a mineral breaks into flat surfaces
Fracture Describes how a mineral breaks into shapes other than flat surfaces.
Streak The color of a mineral when it is crushed in powder
Sea water evaporates and precipitates minerals. How are rock salt, rock gypsum, and dolostone are formed,
Intrusive Igneous Rocks Rocks formed from cooling magma in Earth's surface
Extrusive Igneous Rocks Rocks formed from cooling lava above Earth's surface
Vesicular Describes a rock that has gas pockets in it.
Sedimentary Rock The only type of rock that can contain fossils
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