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| naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a specific internal structure and chemical composition |
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| the building blocks of rock |
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| 2 things used to classify minerals |
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| crystal structure and chemical composition |
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| what makes minerals crystallize and what do they crystallize from |
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| minerals crystallize from liquid or gas when there isn't enough energy to keep them in that state. |
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| as magma cools, what forms in a particular order? |
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| a certain group of minerals. |
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| what scale measures a mineral's hardness? |
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