Mineral
A naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an ordered internal structure.
What is a mineral?
Mixture of minerals, organic matter, or other material
What is a rock?
Transformation of solid rock into magma due to high temperatures and pressure.
Process of melting
Granite, basalt. Formation: Cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
igneous rocks.
Metallic, glassy, pearly, silky, and dull are all examples of this mineral property
Luster
It is used to determine the relative hardness of minerals by comparing their ability to scratch each other.
Mohs Scale of Hardness
Sedimentary rocks often contain these remains of plants and animals, providing clues about past environments.
Fossils
Rocks that are formed through the application of heat and pressure
Metamorphic Rocks
Andesitic is classification for which rock type
Igneous
Not always a reliable identification factor
Color
- Naturally occurring - Inorganic - Solid - Definite chemical composition - Ordered internal structure
5 characteristics of a mineral.
Rocks are classified into three main types based on their formation process
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
This type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of molten magma or lava.
Igneous Rock
When you think igneous, you can associate it with what
Magma
The number of planes and their angles.
Fracture or Cleavage
It illustrates the relationships between magma and the minerals crystallizing from it during cooling.
Bowen Reaction Series
This explains that rock cycle never destroys elements of rocks but redistributes them
Law of Conservation of Matter
This process involves the breakdown of rocks into sediments
Weathering
This characteristic of rocks refers to the arrangement of mineral grains and is particularly evident in metamorphic rocks.
Folliation
Mineral's powder when it is scraped across something
Streak
Quartz, Albite, Muscovite, Calcite, Olivine, Anorthite, Biotite, Amphibole, Potassium, Feldspar, Pyroxene are the _____
Big 10 Common minerals
Process in which changes and creation of rocks
Rock Cycle
Through Heat and Pressure this rock becomes a metamorphic rock that can heat and cool into Igneous rock
Igneous or Sedimentary
This type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of molten lava on the Earth's surface.
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Resistance of a mineral to scratching
Hardness