Minerals
Name a characteristic of a mineral.
what is a crystalline structure, solid, and specific gravity
name 1 bioclastic rock
limestone or coal
only metamorphic rock with true banding
gneiss
extrusive vesicular texture rock that is mafic
scoria or basaltic glass
what makes magma turn into an igneous rock
solidification
What mineral is used for making drywall
Gypsum.........l
clay
metamorphosed sandstone
quartzite
intrusive rock, felsic, very course
pegmatite
what happens to sediments to turn them into sedimentary rocks
burial, compaction, and cementation
What mineral is used to melt snow and ice on roads
Halite....................woo:)....;) Cheeky
dolostone
metamorphic rock made only of mica
slate
only made of olivine
dunite
how do metamorphic rocks form
heat and or pressure
What makes a diamond so different than graphite even though both are made from carbon
Internal arrangement of the atoms
.006 to .2cm sediments make up what rock
sandstone
non-foliated metamorphic rock that will bubble in acid
marble
made of feldspar, quartz, amphibole, and biotite
also extrusive and fine-grained.
rhyolite
how do sediments form
weathering and erosion
What makes something a mineral
It is inorganic, solid, naturally occurring, crystalline structure, and has a definite chemical composition
name one chemically formed sedimentary rock
rock salt, rock gypsum, dolostone, limestone
two major textures of metamorphic rocks
foliated and non-foliated
dense rocks are also darker or lighter
darker
what is the difference between magma and lava
location