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naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, chemical, composition
What are the 5 criteria for minerals to be minerals?
ice is a solid unlike water
What makes ice a mineral but not water?
one breaks along a smooth surface and the other breaks along a rough surface
what is the difference from cleavage and fracture?
from magma and water
What are the 2 ways crystallization can occur?
luster, color, streak, hardness, density, sharp
What are the 6 mineral property tests to distinguish between minerals?
ores
What are the minerals that can be produced for a profit called?
no, they never will be
Are minerals formed from living organisms (organic matter)?
one is flat shaped and the other is not
what is the difference between Foliated and Non-Foliated
when the mineral composition or texture changes
What is metamorphism
The igneous rock, when magma cools and crystallizes inside Earth
Intrusive rock
The igneous rock, when lava cools and crystallizes on Earth’s surface
Extrusive rock
The process that moves large amounts of rock up to Earth’s surface and to higher elevations
Uplift
Glaciers, wind, and rain - organisms - break down sediment
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
What external process keeps rocks moving in the rock cycle?
The process of laying down sediment in a new location
Deposition
The weight of overlying laying of sediment pushes the grains of the bottom layers closer together
Compaction
dissolved minerals crystallize, cementing grains together
Cementation
Quartz and calcite
What 2 minerals help cementation?
Earth is broken into rigid plates that move due to thermal energy
Rocks and Plate tectonics
Tectonic plates moving
What internal process allows for the rock cycle to continue?
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