Minerals
What classifies a mineral
Natural, inorganic, crystalline structure, definite chemical composition, and it has to be solid
The way igneous rocks form
By crystallization
What is sediment
Loose materials like rock fragments that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity
How do metamorphic rocks form
Temperature and/or pressure changes igneous, sedimentary, and other rocks
3 categories that rocks can be in
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
Physical Properties of a Mineral
Color/streak, luster, hardness, cleavage and fracture
2 types of Igneous rocks
Intrusive and extrusive
The 3 types of sedimentary rocks
Detrital, Chemical, Biochemical (organic)
Foliated and Non-foliated
What rock is formed when clay is under heat and pressure
Slate
Non-metallic and metallic
What texture do Intrusive rocks have
Phaneritic texture
What are detrital rocks made up of
Pieces of other rocks
Whats a parent rock
The original rocks before metamorphisim
Definition of the rock cycle
The process of rocks in the earths crust
Way to test a mineral's true color
Names for the classification of Igneous rock texture
Vesicular, glassy, aphanitic, phaneritic
How do chemical rocks form
What is contact metamorphasim
Metamorphism due to contact with an igneous intrusion
What can a metamorphic rock begin as
Igneous, Sedimentary, or Metamorphic
How do you measure how tightly a mineral's atoms are bonded
By its hardness on the Mohs Scale
What is the composition of Mafic rocks
Dense and dark colored, high iron and magnesium, low silica
Sedimentary rock features
Stratification (layers), fossils, ripple marks, and geodes
Examples of metamorphic rock
Gneiss, Schist, Slate, Marble, Quartzite
What is the type of rock that forms when particles of rocks are compacted together
Sedimentary