Rocks and Minerals

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Rock

A naturally occurring solid made of one or more minerals

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Gold

A yellow precious metal made from one element

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Metamorphic rock

A type of rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure

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Regional Metamorphism

The process in which the STRUCTURE and EXTREME rock in a large area is changed by heat and pressure

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Rock cycle

The process that describes how a rock can continuously change from one kind of rock into another over long periods of time

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Igneous rock

A type of rock formed through the cooling and solidifocation of magma or lava. Includes intrusi and extrusive.

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Crystal

A solid material whose atoms are arranged on a highly orderded, repeating pattern.

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Mineral

A naturally occurring solids found with in Earth’s crust.

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Sedimentary rock

A type of rock formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or orgainic particles usually contians fossils.