Rock Vocab

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Mineral that makes up most of Earth's crust

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rock forming mineral

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A dark, dense, fine-textured igneous rock in oceanic crust.

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basalt

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Look and feel of a rock's surface

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Texture

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Type of rock from cooling molten rock

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igneous

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Type of rock formed from existing rock altered by heat and pressure.

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metamorphic

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Igneous rock formed when magma hardens beneath the surface.

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Intrusive

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Process of moving weathered rock and soil particles by ice, wind, water, or gravity.

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erosion

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Sediments pressed together under their weight

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Compaction

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Sedimentary rocks formed from squeezed rock fragments under high pressure.

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Clastic rocks

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Sedimentary rocks formed from crystallized minerals in a solution.

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Chemical rock