All of the Vocabulary from 9/25-10/4
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| Minerals | Natural occurring solid substances
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| Rocks: | Substances made from a variety of materials
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| Atom: | The basic component of matter consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons
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| Crystals: | Organized and Repeating atoms or molecules joined together
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| Crystal structures: | Organized repeated patterns
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| Physical properties: | A distinctive set that every minerals has
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| Streak: | The color a mineral has when it is rubbed against a hard surface
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| Luster: | The physical property of a mineral that describes the way light reflects off its surface
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| Density: | A measure of mass per unit volume mass/volume
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| Hardness: | The physical property of a mineral’s ability to resist scratching
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| Conductivity: | The measure of a materials ability to transfer energy
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| Cleavage: | The physical property of how a mineral breaks or fractures
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| Molten rock: | a liquid mixture of dissolved pieces of rocks, gasses and minerals
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| Magma: | molten rock beneath the earths surface
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| Lava: | Molten rock that erupts at the earths surface
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| Pegmatite: | a type of igneous rock that contains large mineral crystals
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| Silicate: | a common group of minerals that contain silicon and oxygen molecules
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| Felsic: | rocks and minerals that form from molten rock rich in silicon dioxide molecules
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| Mafic: | rocks and minerals that form from molten rock low in silicon dioxide molecules but rich in iron and magnesium
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| Solution: | a homogenous mixture of more then one substance
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| Evaporates: | a change of state from illiquid to gas caused by the gain of heat energy in the liquid.
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| Crystallization: | The formation and growth of minerals from liquid to gas
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| Precipitation: | a chemical reaction in which solids form and separate from a solution
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| Stalactite: | a mineral deposit shaped like an icicle that hangs down from a cave
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| Stalagmite: | A mineral deposit, usually cone shaped rising upward from a cave floor
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| Metamorphism: | A structural or chemical change to minerals within a rock caused by heat, pressure, or the replacement of elements by hot fluids
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