In Pieces
The page in the ESRT that has info about the identification of sed. rocks
What is PAGE 7?
The page in the ESRT that has lots of info about minerals!
What is PAGE 16?
WHat is PAGE 6?
The rock type formed by the cooling of lava or magma
What is IGNEOUS ROCK?
Made up of sand-sized sediments
What is SANDSTONE
A mineral with a hardness of 2 and breaks along flat lines
What is SELENITE GYPSUM?
According to the chart, what sed. rocks are composed of
What are SEDIMENTS?
Where is LAVA found?
OUTSIDE Earth's surface, such as outside of a volcano.
Composed of clasts that are 0.1 cm. in diameter
What is SANDSTONE?
What is SILT?
CaF2
What is FLUORITE?
The type of rock that magma will lead to
What is IGNEOUS ROCK?
The technical/scientific term for gas pockets
What is VESICULAR, or VESICLES?
Intrusive, average color, average density
What is DIORITE?
The difference between conglomerate and breccia
What is CONGLOMERATE HAS ROUNDED FRAGMENTS WHILE BRECCIA HAS ANGULAR FRAGMENTS?
In full words (NOT just the symbols), the elements found in hematite
What are IRON and OXYGEN?
Heat and/or pressure will lead to this type of rock
What is a METAMORPHIC ROCK?
An igneous rock made up of only the mineral olivine.
What is DUNITE?
A very coarse rock formed from the cooling of magma
What is PEGMATITE?
Why fossils can only be found in sed. rocks
What is FOSSILS WOULD MELT OR BE DESTROYED BY THE HEAT AND PRESSURE OF IGNEOUS OR METAMORPHIC ROCKS?
The reason why minerals have certain properties or characteristics, such as color, hardness, fracture, cleavage, etc.
What is the INTERNAL ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT of the mineral?
According to the chart, how any rock may become a sedimentary rock
What is WEATHERING/EROSION, DEPOSTION/BURIAL, AND COMPACTION/CEMENTATION?
The relationship between rate/speed of cooling and crystal size
What is "THE FASTER MAGMA/LAVA COOLS, THE SMALLER THE CRYSTALS WILL BE"?
This rock forms when water evaporates and the mineral gypsum is left behind
What is ROCK GYPSUM?