Bawar, Shemariah Gwen T.

GEO101 – B1

Minerals and Rocks

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3. are the “building blocks” of rock
5. are concordant plutons; they are flat, tabular
bodies intruded parallel to the layering of the
host rock.
6. sediments that are derived from the
physical deposition of particles produced by
weathering and erosion of preexisting rock.
7. tendency of minerals to break along flat
planar surfaces into geometries that are
determined by their crystal structure
11. Form by lithification of sediment
14. an aggregate of one or more minerals
15. the most abundant minerals in the Earth's
crust
16. Igneous rocks texture that are fine grained;
the mineral components are not visible to the
naked eye
18. Form by solidification of molten rock
20. important for many metal ores needed to
make things
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1. process that converts sediments into solid
rock
2. texture of igneous rock with a high glass
content
4. Igneous rocks texture that are coarse
grained; the mineral components are visible to
the naked eye
8. Form by transformations of preexisting
rocks
9. magma chamber that are enormous,
complex rock bodies that cover at least 100
km2
10. A minerals with the same composition,
but different crystal structure.
12. chemical and mechanical breakdown of
rocks
13. tendency to break along other surfaces
17. Hardest mineral
19. are discordant plutons that cut across the
layering of the host rock
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