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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary and others...

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Definition
rock   a naturally, occuring solid made of one or more minerals  
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igneous   a type of rock that is formed by magma and volcanoes  
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sedimentary   rocks formed in sediments and layers that have been cemented together  
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metamorphic   a type of rock formed from high heat and/or pressure deep down  
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sediments   bits of weathered rock that make up the sedimentary type of rock  
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rock cycle   the process of rocks changing from any type of rock to any other type of rock over long periods of time  
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volcano   a hill/mountain made of cooled magma may or may not continue to erupt lava, gases, ashes, etc.; this is also part of the cycle of the igneous rock  
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garnet schist   a medium-grained rock with foliated bands and varying minerals and larger crystals of garnets; metamorphic rock  
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crystals   a piece of rock or other solid substance that usually comes with regular geometric form and symmetrical faces  
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magma   molten rock under the surface of the Earth  
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bands (foliated)   lines in rocks that are really flattened crystals that looks like stripes, found on a metamorphic rock  
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fossils   an imprint of the remains of an organism preserved in rock that once lived and takes a long time to form and is also rare  
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layers   lines of sediment in rocks that are distinguishable from other nearby layers; found on sedimentary rocks  
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weathering   the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by the natural/physical disasters  
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fluorescence   the emission of radiation that is usually visible light, when exposed to external radiation  
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interlocking crystals   crystals that filled all of the available space in a rock, so it does not possess the geometric shapes; found on igneous rocks  
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gravel   weathered rock pieces, larger than sand grains, with irregular/jagged edges  
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pebbles   weathered rock pieces that are round and are larger than sand grains  
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molten rock   an igneous rock in its liquid form  
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natural resource   anything that is not man-made and is naturally made from nature and is used by humans  
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synthetic   a substance that is only made when scientists try to invent something new, but they make a new material with chemicals in a lab  
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renewable   a resource reproduced quickly and cannot run out  
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nonrenewable   a resource that cannot reproduce quickly and can run out  
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