The common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust

a person who studies rocksn and minerals

not alive

a distinctive attribute or quality of a thing

in groups with common properties or characteristics

measure of how a mineral can be scratched according to the Mohs scale of hardness

color of mineral's powder left behind on streak plate

physical property of minerals that causes them to break along smooth, flat surfaces

way and quality a mineral reflects light from its surface

the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way

the materials that an object is made from

a clear transparent mineral or glass that resembles ice

Material that is made up of one or more minerals bound together

type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

type of rock that forms form an existing rock that is changed to by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction pressure or chemical

Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize form a solution

sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms that deposit in thick layers

sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure

continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material

layers of sediment pressed together with pressure

hardining layers of rock together

hot liquid rock below the Earth's surface

molten rock expellled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling

a materical found in magma that is formed form the elements oxygen andsilicon

igneous rock that has cooled INSIDE the Earth

igneous rock that has cooled OUTSIDE of the Earth

thin seperate layers are evident in rock

small pieces of broken down rock

no seperate layers are evident in the rock