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| Rocks | the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans. |
| Rock Cycle | The never ending cycle of the formation of rocks |
| Metamorphic | A type of rock that is formed under heat and pressure |
| Foliated | A type of metamorphic rock that has a smooth texture |
| Gneiss | A type of foliated metamorphic rock that has lines in it |
| Schist | A type of foliated metamorphic rock that is brown and has a smooth surface. |
| Slate | A type of foliated, metamorphic rock that is smooth and black and is a heat and pressure result from shale. |
| Non- Foliated | A type of metamorphic rock that has a rough surface |
| Marble | A type of non-foliated metamorphic rock that is creamy white and has wavy lines. The one Mrs. H has has a cross on it. |
| Sedimentary | A type of rock that is created by the composition and cementation of sediments |
| Clastic | A type of sedimentary rock where the rocks are organic bits of minerals and glued together |
| Sandstone | A type of clastic sedimentary rock that is reddish orange with lines through it. |
| Chemical | A type of sedimentary rock that is formed when dissolved substance separate from the solution. |
| Organic | A type of sedimentary rock that contains traces of living organisms |
| Coquina | A type of organic sedimentary rock that contains sand and bits of shells in it. |
| Shale | A type of organic sedimentary rock that contains the remains of organisms in it and has grey imprints on it. |
| Coal | A type of organic sedimentary rock that is black and was once plant matter during the Jurassic age |
| Petrified Wood | A type of organic sedimentary rock that looks like wood, but is stone like after several years. |
| Igneous | A type of rock that is formed from the cooling of magma and has two types, extrusive and intrusive. |
| Extrusive | A type of igneous rock that is formed by magma cooling very quickly |
| Obsidian | A type of extrusive igneous rock that is black, has a glossy texture, and has ZERO crystals as a result of cooling too quickly. |
| Tiger Obsidian | A type of obsidian that is extrusive igneous and has red marks drawn through it like a tiger. |
| Snowflake Obsidian | A type of obsidian that is extrusive igneous that has white marks all over it. |
| Pumice | A type of extrusive igneous rock that has holes all in it and is the only rock known to float on water and is used to rub dead skin off feet. |
| Scoria | A type of extrusive igneous rock that |
| Geode | A type of chemical sedimentary rock that is ugly on the outside but has a beautiful inside composed of crystals. Much like the ugly duckling. |
| Basalt | A type of extrusive igneous rock that is hole filled (vesicular) and black. It is formed at the bottom of the ocean. |
| Intrusive | A type of igneous rock that is formed very slowly and has crystals |
| Granite | A type of intrusive igneous rock that has a phorphyritic texture with different sized crystals. |
| Minerals | Naturally occurring inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition |
| Silicates | Most common mineral group on Earth that has a silicon- oxygen combine to form a structure called silicon- oxygen tetrahedron. |
| Mica | A silicate mineral that gas two types, biotite and muscovite and has fracture. |
| Biotite | A type of silicate mica mineral that is black |
| Muscovite | A type of silicate mica mineral that is brownish- white |
| Quartz | A type of silicate mineral that has crystals and is white |
| Rose Quartz | A type of quartz silicate mineral that is pink |
| Asbestos | A type of silicate mineral that is white and has whisps on it |
| Talc | A silicate mineral that is the softest on the Moh's hardness scale, is used in baby powder and makeup, and has a greenish hue to it. |
| Carbonates | The second most common group for minerals. It contains carbon, oxygen, and one or more other metallic elements |
| Dolomite | A type of carbonate mineral that has a yellowish color with crystals |
| Diamond | A type of carbonate mineral that is a crystal and very valuable. Hint: Your dad may buy your mom this for her birthday |
| Graphite | A type of carbonate mineral that is grey and soapy feeling. You use this to write |
| Oxides | A mineral group that contains oxygen and one or more other metallic elements |
| Corundum | A type of oxide mineral that contains rubies, sapphires. |
| Hematite | A type of oxide mineral that has Sharp edges on it and is blue |
| Sulfates/ Sulfides | A mineral group that contains sulfur and other elements |
| Galena | A sulfate mineral that is grey and cubic |
| Pyrite | A sulfate mineral that is gold colored and has cube shapes on it. |
| Halides | A mineral group that contains a halogen ion plus one or more other elements. Group 7A on Periodic Table |
| Halite | A halide mineral that is salt and cubic and white |
| Native Element | A mineral group that exist in pure form. |
| Gold | A native element mineral that is gold colored and karrotts describes its value. |
| Silver | A native element mineral that is silver colored and valuable. Ag is its element symbol |
| Bismuth | A native element mineral that can be grey or rainbow colored and has maze like texture |
| Copper | A native element mineral that is grey with brownish on it. Used in pipes. |
| Sulfur | A native element mineral that is yellow, can be in powder form, and needs to be in a container due to its smell |
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