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| naturally occurring inorganic solid |
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| 5 characteristics of minerals |
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1. must occur naturally
2. contains no carbon
3. solid
4. pure or mixed
5. atoms arranged in a pattern forming a
crystal |
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| flat sides, sharp edges, corners |
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| slow and fast cooling of magma |
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| elements that make up 75% of earth's crust |
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| number of minerals formed by the 8 most abundant elements |
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| how are minerals identified |
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| color, luster, hardness, streak, density |
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| how something reflects light |
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| ability to resist scratches |
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| color of powder scraped off |
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| amount of matter in given space |
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| cube, hexagon, orthohombic, monoclinic, tetragonal, triclinic |
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| when a mineral breaks aonong planes of weakness |
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| minerals that contain metal |
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| smelting--heating to high temeratures |
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| Metals : shiny, conducts electricity, easy to shape
Non-metals Metals: dull, non-conductive, hard to shape |
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| hard mineral substances that contain one or more minerals |
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| process of rocks changing from one type of rock to another |
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| extrusive rock vs. intrusive rock |
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| extrusive: formed from lava, solid, glasses
intrusive: formed from magma deep inside the earth |
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| formed from wind and water, lots of different things in it. |
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| made up from parts of other rocks |
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| made from things that were once living |
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| come from water, dried up seas or lakes |
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| changes in form by heat, pressure, and chemical |
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| What causes rocks to change? |
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| high temperature, high pressure, chemical reaction |
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