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Formed in nature
Is a solid Is nonliving Has a crystalline structure.
What are four characteristics do all minerals share?
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First you are a sediment then you go threw compaction and cement action and then you are a sedimentary rock.
Use the cycle to explain how to create a sedimentary rock?
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Color
Luster Cleavage and f
List the 7 different tests that can be performed in identifying minerals?
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First you are a sedimentary rock then you go threw heat and pressure then it becomes a metamorphic rock.
Use the rock cycle to explain how to create a metamorphic rock.
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Fluorite and apatite
Name 2 minerals that can scratch calcite
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First you are a metamorphic rock then you go threw melting and true into magma then you go threw cooling and becomes a igneous rock.
Use the rock cycle to explain how to create an igneous rock.
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A rock is a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
What is a rock
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An igneous rock is fine grained it has very little crystals when it is coarse
Igneous rock can be fine grained or coarse grained. Explain how their FORMATION Is different.
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The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material.
What is the rock cycle?
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