MINERALOLGY
IGNEOUS ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
"CONGLOMERATE"
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Substance that is naturally occurring solid, with a definite chemical formula and structure.
What is a mineral?
100
Magma that flows out onto the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
100
The break down of rock and earth materials in place.
What is weathering?
100
Name of minerals that indicate the temperature and pressure that metamorphic rocs were formed under.
What are metamorphic index minerals?
100
The continuous changing and remaking of rocks is called this.
What is the rock cycle?
200
A substance that has atoms arranged in repeating patterns.
What is a crystal?
200
Canadian geologist that demonstrated how minerals melt and crystallize at different temperatures in a specific sequence.
Who is N.L. Bowen?
200
The movement of materials by wind or water.
What is erosion?
200
Metamorphic rock texture that form layers or bands of minerals perpendicular to pressure.
What is foliation?
200
Ultrabasic rock that diamonds are found in.
What are kimberlites?
300
The term for the way a mineral reflects light off of its surface.
What is luster?
300
Type of magma that is quartz and potassium feldspar rich.
What is granitic or felsic magma?
300
The physical and chemical processes that create sedimentary rocks.
What is lithification?
300
Marble and quartzite exhibit this type of metamorphic texture.
What is non-foliated texture?
300
Type of igneous rock that makes up the Hawaiian Islands and large portions of the oceanic crust.
What is basalt?
400
Term for mineral characteristic where breakage occurs along smooth planes.
What is mineral cleavage?
400
process where minerals crystallize from a melt and then are removed from the molten portion.
What is fractional crystallization?
400
Sedimentary structure that indicates either wind or water movement.
What is cross-bedding?
400
Temperature and pressure that affects large regions of the Earth's crust is what type of metamorphism?
What is regional metamorphism?
400
First mineral to crystallize in Bowen's Reaction Series
What is Olivine?
500
Most of the Earth's minerals belong to this mineral family.
What are the silicates?
500
The last mineral of Bowen's reaction series, also known as the most stable mineral on Earth's surface.
What is quartz?
500
Type of rocks that react with acid. They represent ancient seas or oceans.
What are carbonate rocks or limestones?
500
Metamorphism caused by extremely hot fluids altering the rock and forming new minerals.
What is hydrothermal metamorphism?
500
Mineral group that is composed of compounds of oxygen and a metal. Example: hematite
What is the oxide group?
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