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geology - minerals & volcanoes

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Decks in this class (25)

MINERLAS & ROCKS INTRODUCTION
4 major environments of earth s s...,
Mineral def,
Rock def
9  cards
CRYSTAL
Crystal def,
What holds crystals together,
Ionic bonding def
7  cards
CRYSTALS IDENTIFICATION
What are the key mineral identifi...,
Key mineral identification streak...,
Key mineral identification hardness
10  cards
CRYSTAL SYSTEMS
What are the crystal systems,
The 7 crystal systems,
7 crystal systems isometric cubic
9  cards
FORMATION OF UNIVERSE
When was universe believed to hav...,
What event is believed to form earth,
Believed formation of hydrogen he...
5  cards
MINERALS IN PPL
Ppl,
Optical properties in ppl,
Optical properties in ppl transpa...
7  cards
MINERALS IN XPL
What is xpl,
Optical properties in xpl
2  cards
SILICATES
Silicate def,
Basic divisions of silicate minerals,
How do silicates form
6  cards
SILICATE TETRAHEDRONS
Advanced grouping of silicates,
Isolated tetrahedron silicate min...,
Chain silicate minerals single do...
6  cards
IGNEOUS ROCK
Igneous rock,
Two types of igneous rock,
Intrusive igneous rock
13  cards
METAMORPHIC ROCK
How to metamorphic rocks form,
Classifications of metamorphic rocks,
What is schist
8  cards
SEDIMENTARY ROCK IDENTIFICATION
How to identify a sedimentary rock,
3 main types of sedimentary clasts,
Volcanic clastic sediments
5  cards
QUARTZ
Quartz characteristics,
Quartz occurrence
2  cards
ALKALI FELDSPAR
Alkali feldspar characteristics,
Alkali feldspar occurrence
2  cards
PLAGIOCLASE
Plagioclase characteristics,
Plagioclase occurrence
2  cards
OLIVINE
Olivine characteristics,
Olivine occurrence
2  cards
PYROXENE
Pyroxene characteristics,
Pyroxene occurrence,
Clinopyroxene occurrence
4  cards
AMPHILBOLE (HORNBLENDE)
Hornblende characteristics,
Hornblende occurrence
2  cards
MICA
Muscovite mica characteristics,
Muscovite mica occurrance,
Biotite mica characteristics
4  cards
DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY
Holohyaline,
Holocrystalline,
Hypocrystalline
3  cards
GRAIN SIZE
Equigranular,
Aphanitic,
Aphanitic cryptocrystalline
9  cards
ZONING
Compositionally zoned crystals,
Normal zoning,
Reverse zoning
4  cards
ERUPTION TYPES
2 types of eruptions,
Explosive eruption,
Autoclastoc non explo erutions
3  cards
PYROCLASTS
What is ash,
What is lapilli,
What is blocks bombs
9  cards
LITHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Volcaniclastic deposit,
How is volcaniclastic rock produced,
How are primary volcaniclastic ro...
3  cards

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