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Goodrich-Rock vocab

Earth Science - rock vocabulary chapter 6

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igneous rocks formed by cooled and solidified magma
sedimentary rocks formed by the compaction and cementation of layers of sediments
metamorphic rocks rocks that have undergone chemical or structural change due to the effects of heat and pressure
plutonic a land mass formed by magma that has cooled inside the earth's crust
volcanic any substance that has exited the earth's crust via a volcano
felsic light-colored
mafic dark-colored
porphyritic containing conspicuous crystals surrounded by a fine-grained mass
phaneritic rocks composed to large crystals that are easy to see
aphanitic rock that has minerals that are too fine to see
intrusive igneous rocks formed from cooled magma below the surface
extrusive igneous rocks formed from cooled magma that has come to the surface
clastic sedimentary rock formed from fragments and grains from pre-existing rocks...also called detrital (ex. sandstone)
chemical sedimentary rock formed from mineral grains that fall our of solution(precipitate), by evaporation (ex. halite) or by chemical reaction(can also be organic)
organic sedimentary rock fragments of organic material (ex. limestone)
compaction rocks are compacted together and formed by force
cementation minerals fill in spaces between pebbles and other rock particles and form together
foliated you cannot see the crystals
non-foliated you can see the crystals
regional metamorphism rocks are formed by heat and pressure
contact metamorphism rocks are formed by heat of surrounding magma
rock cycle a cycle where a rock changes from one type to another
stratification arrangement of visual layers
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