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Minerals def

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naturally occuring inoganic solid with a specific composition and crystal structure

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what does naturally occuring mean?

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NOT HUMAN MADE

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what is an inorganic solid?

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made from non-living materials

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what does specific composition mean?

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made from various elements such as oxygen, silicon etc

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What are all minerals composed of?

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one or more elements

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What does it mean to have distinct crystal structure?

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  1. the mineral shape is determined by how the atoms are arranged
  2. the minerals atoms are arranged in a specific pattern that repats itself over and over
  3. the longer the mineral cools and hardens the larger the crystals become
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7
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what shape do the atoms make in all minerals?

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a tetrahedron

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8
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a mineral has its specific properties because of what?

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because of the internal arrangement of its atoms

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What is responsible for a crystal structure’s chemical and physical properties?

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the arrangment of the mineral’s atoms

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10
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All minerals are rocks but…

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not all rocks are minerals

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What are the most abundant elements that make up the earth’s crust?

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oxygen and silicon

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12
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how are minerals identified?

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using:
1.color
2.hardeness
3.luster
4. streak
5. breakage
6.specific gravity
7. fracture

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13
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how does someone identify a mineral using color?

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by observing the actual color of the mineral

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why is using color not a great way to indentify a mineral?

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because some minerals have the same color (gold and pyrite)

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how does someone indentify a mineral based on hardness?

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by finding the minerals hardness relative to other known objects

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what scale is used to measure hardness of minerals?

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Moh’s hardness scale

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How does someone identify a mineral using streak?

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by observing the color left on a streak plate when the mineral is rubbed on it.

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how does someone identify a mineral using luster

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by observing if the mineral is metallic (shiny like a metal) or non metallic (not shiny)

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how does someone identify a mineral using breakag

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by observing if it has cleavage (flat breakage)

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how does someone identify a mineral using fracture?

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by observing if the mineral has an uneven breakage

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How does someone identify a mineral based on specific gravity?

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by finding the density if a mineral

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22
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define specific properties

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some minerals have specific porperties that help identification

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Examples of specific properties

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  1. double refraction - splits light to show a double image
  2. acid soluble - dissolves in acid
  3. magnetic - able to attract metal by magnetism
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When does igneous rock form?

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form when molten magma or lava cools and hardens

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define lava

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MAGMA THAT COOLS ABOVE GOUND

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Describe volcanic rocks

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they are extrusive
they form above the surface
they cool quickly they have small crystals

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define extrusive

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LEFT GROUND

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28
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examples of volcanic rock

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basalt, prumice, rhyolite and obsidian

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29
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Define magmA

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LIQUID ROCK BELOW EARTHS CRUST

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30
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Describe plutonic rocks

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They are intrusive
form below surface
they cool slowly
they have large crystals

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31
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How are most igneous rocks produced?

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they are produced from a type of solidifcation called crystalization

32
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what does solidifcation mean?

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turn solid

33
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What is crystalization the result of?

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magma or lava cooling, forming a solid composed of intergrown mineral crystals

34
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how do intergrown crystals fit in igneous rock?

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they fit together in igneous rock like a jigsaw puzzle

35
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What are the ways to identify igneous rock?

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through texture and color

36
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what does texture do for mineral crystals

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texture defines the appearance of mineral crystals NOTHOW THEY FEEL

37
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Describe coarse grained igneous rock

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slow cooling results in large crystals that are visible to the eye

38
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Describe classy igneous rock

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very rapidly cooling causes rocks to have glassy texture. No mineral vrystal present

38
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Describe Fine Grained igneous rock

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faster cooling results in smaller crystals that are only visible under a microscope

39
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Describe felsic rocks and mafic rocks

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Felsic:
light colored
contain feldspar and silicon
low density
example:
granite

Mafic rocks:
dark colored
high density
contain magnesium and iron
form in the ocean
example:
Basalt

40
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What is one unique texture?

A

vesicular

41
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How are vesicular rocks made?

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Explosive volcanoses release a lot of gas creating vesicular rocks

42
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Define vesicular rocks

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rocks that contain holes created by gasses trapped in lava

43
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Define rock

A

rock isa naturally formed solid

44
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what 3 categories are rocks put into?

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Sedimetery rock, igneous rock, metaphoric rock

45
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What are rocks categorized by?

A

texture
composistion

46
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what is texture -

A

size and shape

47
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what is composition -

A

minerals presents

48
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how do sedimentary rocks form?

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when sediment (pieces of weathered rock) is compressed (compacted) and cemented together

49
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most sedimentary rocks form under large bodies of water, describe how they are deposited.

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they are deposited in horizontal layers

50
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how do clastic sedimentary rocks form?

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  1. weathering and erosion
  2. deposition
    3.compaction
    4.cementation
    5.uplift
51
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What is weathering and erosion?

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breaking of pre exisiting rocks into sediment by wind or water

52
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what is deposition

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Process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it.

53
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what is compaction

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Process that presssed sediment together due to the weight of the sediment above it

54
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What is cementation

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Process in which dissolved minerals fill the spaces between sediment and then harden

55
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What is uplift and leveling

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forces expose the rock layers to the surface.

56
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define clastic-

A

fragmented / in pieces

57
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how do chemical dissolved sedimentary rocks form?

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  1. minerals
    dissolve in water
  2. water begins to evaporate
  3. crystals precipitate to the bottom and solidify into rock
58
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how are sedimenterary rocks classified?

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sedimentary rocks are classified by the type of sediment that make up the rocks

59
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Classification of sedimentary rock:

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Conglomerate
Bioclastic
Chemical

60
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define bioclastic classification

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sedimentary rocks made from broken pieces of shells or fossils

61
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define chemical classification

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sedimentary rocks that form from evaporation of a solution leaving crystals behind. They are also called crystalline rocks

62
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what ar emetamorphic rocks?

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new rocks formed from igneous sedimentary and or other metamorphic rocks that have been changed due to high pressure and high heat

63
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what does metamorphisim means?

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to change

64
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describe the features on metamorphic rocks

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distorted

65
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what happens with metamorphic rock?

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minerals have been recrystillizationed not melted

66
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what is the parent rock

A

the rock before metamorphism

67
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what are the two types of metamorphic texture?

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foliated
non folitaed

68
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what are the two categories of foliated and what do they mean

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mineral allignment:
following heat and pressure the rocks minerals realign in lines

Banding:
Occurs after extreme heat and presure is applied causing very distinct mineral lines

69
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define foliated:

A

allignment of mineral crystals

70
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define non foliated:

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these rocks have a lack of layering

71
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What is contact metamorphism?

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when rocks come in contact with magma the extreme heat changes the rock.

72
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what happens when rock is beeing dealt with little or no pressure

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the new rock lacks follium

73
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what is regional metamorphism?

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rocks are changed from increased pressure and heat during plate collision (the pressure results in metamorphic rock that is folded.)

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