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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rocks&Minerals
100
What are two types of luster?
metallic & non metallic
100
Igneous Rocks form from what process?
heat & pressure
100
you can determine a rocks texture by 
mineral crystal size
100
What are the two types of metamorphism ?
Regional  and contact
100
What type of rock may be foliated or non foliated?
Metamorphic 
200

What mineral has a salty taste?

Halite
200
What is the size of minerals crystals in igneous rocks directly related to ?
cooling time 
200
Rock formed from particles of other rocks is called?
Clastic
200
 metamorphic rocks form as the direct result of what?
heat and pressure
200
Rock formed when magma cools slowly BENEATH the earth's surface is called _________.
intrusive rock
300
What is Fracture?
When a mineral breaks unevenly or splinters
300
extremely small crystal grains in igneous rocks are indication that crystals formed.... how ?
Fast cooling / quickly over short period of time
300
What phrase best describes bituminous coal? (HINT: ESRT)

1.) low density

2.) chemical precipitate

3.)made of organic plant remains

4.) glassy texture, volcanic

3.) made of organic plant remains

300
Metamorphic rock made of only one mineral, such as marble, is...


1.) foliated

2.) non foliated

3.) non chemical

non foliated
300
What type of rock contains fosils
Sedimentary 
400
What are the 2 most abundant elements found in the composition of minerals?
Silicon & Oxygen 
400
according to your ESRT what is something granite and gabbro have in common?
both are intrusive 
400
Which type of rock was precipitated from seawater as the Mediterranean Sea evaporated?
Rock salt
400
Which nonfoliated rock forms only by contact metamorphism?  (HINT: ESRT)
hornfel
400
When shale melts and then solidfies, it becomes what type of rock?  (Look at rock cycle) 
Igneous
500
What is the hardness of the mineral if it scratches the glass plate?
5.5
500
What is the density of mafic igneous rocks?
higher
500
What sedimentary rock has rounded fragments?
conglomerate 
500
What is the sequence of change in rock type as shale is subjected to increasing heat and pressure?
Shale -> Slate -> Phyllite -> Schist -> Gneiss
500
I have clastic texture, grain size of .2 to .006 cm, my composition is mostly quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals, what rock am I?
Sandstone or Breccia