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Earth's Materials Flashcards

1
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Inorganic solids with crystalline structures

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Minerals

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2
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Physical property: can be easily identified

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Color

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3
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PP: color of a mineral in powder form

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Streak

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4
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PP: resistance to scratching

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Hardness

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5
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PP: How minerals break along the grain

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Cleavage

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6
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PP: How minerals break against the grain

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Fracture

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7
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PP: a mineral’s crystal arrangement

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Crystalline Structure

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8
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PP: passage of light through mineral

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Transparency

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9
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PP: ability to attract or repel other materials

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Magnetism

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10
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PP: a mineral’s resistance to stress

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Tenacity

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11
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PP: a mineral’s reaction to light

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Luster

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12
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PP: a mineral’s distinct smell

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Odor

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13
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PP: A mineral’s density

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Specific Gravity

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14
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Chemical Properties: most abundant class

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Silicate Class

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15
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CP: class found deposited in marine environments

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Carbonate Class

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16
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CP: formed in high evaporation rate areas

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Sulphate Class

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17
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CP: Class with low hardness and are poor conductors

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Halide Class

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18
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CP: Class of commonly oxidation products/gemstones

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Oxide Class

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19
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CP: Class of metals needed in construction

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Sulphide Class

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20
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CP: class that contains phosphorus

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Phosphate Class

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21
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CP: Class made of natural, and some rare elements

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Native Element Class

22
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Natural substances consisting of aggregate minerals clamped together w/o other Earth materials

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Rocks

23
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Cooled and molten rock

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Igneous Rock

24
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Latin for fire

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Ignis

25
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Rock crystallized from magma

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Igneous Rocks

26
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2 types of igneous rocks

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Plutonic - intrusive

Volcanic - extrusive

27
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Biotite Granite

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Intrusive

28
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Andesite

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Extrusive

29
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Biotite Hornblende Granite

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Intrusive

30
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Basalt

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Extrusive

31
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Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

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Intrusive

32
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Rocks formed from layers of settled and hardened material

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Sedimentary Rocks

33
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Means “remaining particles”

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Sediments

34
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Formed from deposition of different materials/pre-existing rocks

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Sedimentary Rocks

35
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Classification of sedimentary rocks based on detritus or pre-existing rocks

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Detrital/Clastic

36
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Formed from previously dissolved materials

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Chemical

37
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Sediments that contain life/plant remains

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Organic

38
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Breccia

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Detrital

39
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Limestone

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Chemical/Organic

40
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Coal

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Organic

41
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Rock salt

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Chemical

42
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Conglomerate

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Detrital

43
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Sandstone

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Detrital

44
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Dolomites

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Organic

45
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Shale

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Detrital

46
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Rocks that were exposed to high pressure heat, but did not melt

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Metamorphic rocks

47
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Conditions that alter the mineral content and structure of any rock

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Metamorphism

48
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Layered/banded metamorphic rocks

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Foliated

49
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Does not have a layered/banded appearance

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Non foliated

50
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A diagram that shows the continuous succession of how rocks form, break down and reform

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Rock cycle

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