Topic 11 Part 1

Bioclastic Sedimentary Rock

• any rock made by living organisms or mostly composed of materials from life forms

• a rock composed of interconnected crystals of just one mineral that formed by evaporation and/or precipitation of dissolved minerals

• rock that is largely composed of solid sediments, such as sand in sandstone

• the tendency of a mineral to break along the zones of weakness and form smooth to semi-smooth parallel surfaces

Chemical Sedimentary Rock

• any rock made by living organisms or mostly composed of materials from life forms

• a rock composed of interconnected crystals of just one mineral that formed by evaporation and/or precipitation of dissolved minerals

• rock that is largely composed of solid sediments, such as sand in sandstone

• the tendency of a mineral to break along the zones of weakness and form smooth to semi-smooth parallel surfaces

Clastic Sedimentary Rock

• any rock made by living organisms or mostly composed of materials from life forms

• a rock composed of interconnected crystals of just one mineral that formed by evaporation and/or precipitation of dissolved minerals

• rock that is largely composed of solid sediments, such as sand in sandstone

• the tendency of a mineral to break along the zones of weakness and form smooth to semi-smooth parallel surfaces

Cleavage

• any rock made by living organisms or mostly composed of materials from life forms

• a rock composed of interconnected crystals of just one mineral that formed by evaporation and/or precipitation of dissolved minerals

• rock that is largely composed of solid sediments, such as sand in sandstone

• the tendency of a mineral to break along the zones of weakness and form smooth to semi-smooth parallel surfaces

Contact Metamorphism

• process in which older rocks come in contact with the magma of an intrusion or lava of an extrusion and the heat and mineral fluids of the liquid rock alter the older rock by recrystallization

• the outward 3-D shape or geometric shape of a mineral specimen that reflects the internal atomic structure

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface

Crystal Shape

• process in which older rocks come in contact with the magma of an intrusion or lava of an extrusion and the heat and mineral fluids of the liquid rock alter the older rock by recrystallization

• the outward 3-D shape or geometric shape of a mineral specimen that reflects the internal atomic structure

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface

Crystal Structure

• process in which older rocks come in contact with the magma of an intrusion or lava of an extrusion and the heat and mineral fluids of the liquid rock alter the older rock by recrystallization

• the outward 3-D shape or geometric shape of a mineral specimen that reflects the internal atomic structure

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface

Extrusive Igneous Rock

• process in which older rocks come in contact with the magma of an intrusion or lava of an extrusion and the heat and mineral fluids of the liquid rock alter the older rock by recrystallization

• the outward 3-D shape or geometric shape of a mineral specimen that reflects the internal atomic structure

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface

Foliation

• the texture of metamorphic rock caused by the layering of mineral crystals

• the outward 3-D shape or geometric shape of a mineral specimen that reflects the internal atomic structure

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface

Fossil

• the texture of metamorphic rock caused by the layering of mineral crystals

• any physical evidence of former life, either direct or indirect

• the pattern or arrangement of atoms that characterizes each mineral

• a rock formed by solidification of lava at or above the Earth's surface