Minerals
What word means when a mineral has an ability to split easily along flat surfaces?
Cleavage
What type of Igneous rocks are they if they form on the surface by lava?
Extrusive Igneous rocks
What is the texture of the Rocks conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, siltstone and shale?
Clastic
What makes rocks go under metamorphism?(change)
Heat and pressure
Whats when a a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way?
Fracture
What type of Igneous rocks are they if they form underground by magma?
Intrusive Igneous rocks
How are Sedimentary rocks formed?
Compaction and cementation of sediments
What are the two types of metamorphism?(change)
Regional and contact
How do you determine a minerals true color?
Streak
What is the texture of Extrusive rocks?
Fine, Glassy
Weathering and erosion
What mineral composition is found in every foliated metamorphic rock?
What's used to test/compare the hardness of a mineral?
Moh's scale of mineral hardness
What Igneous rock only contains the mineral Olivine?
Dunite
What rock is always bioclastic?(made from dead living things)
Bituminous coal
What is the rock after quartz sandstone goes through metamorphism?
Quartzite
What is a diamonds composition?
Carbon
Igneous Rocks that are usually rich in Si and Al are what?
Felsic
What is the composition of Rock salt?
Halite
What rock on the RT is the only one that always goes through contact metamorphism?
Hornfels