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100
Igneous Rock
What is crystallization of minerals
100
Partial Melting
What is minerals melt at low temps. while other minerals remain solid
100
Bowen's Reaction Series
What is relationship between cooling magma and mineral formation
100
Ultramafic
What is low silica and very high iron and magnesium
100
Mineral Classification
What is classifying minerals on a chart
200
Intrusive
What is coarse-grained/ slow cooling
200
Fractional Crystallization
What is different minerals form at different temps.
200
Pattern 1
What is continuous graded change of mineral composition in the feldspar group
200
Felsic
What is light-colored and high silica contents
200
Grain Size
What is the size of the grain in rocks
300
Extrusive
What is fine-grained/ fast cooling
300
Magma
What is slushy mix of crystals and molten rock
300
Pattern 2
What is abrupt change of mineral type in the iron-magnesium group
300
Mafic
What is dark-colored and have low silica and are rich in iron and magnesium
300
Texture
What is what the rock feels like
400
Feldspars
What is sodium-rich outer layers and calcium-rich cores
400
During Fractional Crystallization
What is removes elements instead of adding new ones
400
Mineral forming
What is elements are removed from remaining magma
400
Porphyritic
What is well-formed crystals surrounded by finer-grained crystals
400
Ore deposits
What is found in igneous rocks
500
Quartz
What is forms in rock veins when the remaining magma is squeezed into rocks
500
Melting Points
What is temp. the object melts at
500
Crystal Separation
What is crystals are separated from magma and the chemical reactions between the magma and minerals stop
500
Pegmatites
What is vein of extremely large-grained minerals
500
Veins
What is an area that has a common mineral sounding it