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Minerals Flashcards

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Mineral

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A naturally occurring and inorganic compound whose composition can be expressed as a chemical formula

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Native mineral

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A mineral composed of a single element

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Compound mineral

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Made of a combination of elements

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Accessory mineral

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Minerals occurring within a rock in small quantities

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Lustre

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The surface appearance of the mineral

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Habit

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The shape of the mineral

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Cleavage

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Planes of weakness in the mineral

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Fracture

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the way the mineral breaks if no cleavage is present

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9
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Order of minerals in Mohs scale of hardness

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Talc
Gypsum
Calcite
Fluorite 
Apatite
Feldspar
Quartz
Topaz
Corundum 
Diamond
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Twinning

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When 2 or more crystals grow with different orientations from a common plane

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Silicate minerals

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Minerals composed of silicon and oxygen

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Bridging oxygen

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An O2 atom shared by 2 SiO4 tetrahedra in a crystal structure

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Rock

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A naturally occurring substance composed of an aggregate of 1 or more minerals

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Weathering

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The in situ breakdown of material by mechanical and chemical processes

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Erosion

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A process whereby particles are detached from rock by the action of wind water and ice

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Transport

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The process whereby eroded rock particles are moved by the action of wind water or ice

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Deposition

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The laying down of rock particles after being transported by water ice or wind

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Extrusion

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The process where igneous rock has flowed out to the surface

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Burial

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The term for when successive layers of sedimentary rock are laid on top of one another

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Diagenesis

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The change that takes place in sedimentary rock due to burials and involving low temps and pressures

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Recrystallisation

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A process where the form and texture of a rock minerals changed without changing the overall composition

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Metamorphism

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A process whereby changes are brought to rocks in the earths crust by the action of heat and pressures

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Partial melting

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The incomplete melting of a rock to produce a melt of a different composition

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Magma accumulation

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The collection of magma at the base of the earths crust prior to the intrusion

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Crystallisation

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The gradual solidification of minerals from a melt

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Intrusion

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A body of igneous rock that has forced its way into pre-existing rock

27
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Orogenesis

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Mountain building/ significant tectonic uplift

Alevel Geology (9 decks)

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