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| is a structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm,shallow ocean water |
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| is a dark-colored rock that is low in silica; has mineral crystals that are too small to be seen without a hand lens |
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| is igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto earth's surface(basalt-most common) |
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| term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged i parallel layers of bonds(slate-most common) |
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| the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture |
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| a usually light-colored igneous rock that is rock that is formed in continental crust |
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| a type of rock that forms the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface |
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| igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath earth's surface--most abundant in continental crust is granite |
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| a type of rock that forms froma n existing rock that is changed by heat,pressure, or chemical reactions |
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| is a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another |
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| is one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earth's crust |
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| a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together |
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| the look and feel of a rock's surface,determined by the size,shape,and pattern or a rock's grains |
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| small,solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms |
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| the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass |
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| sedimentary rock thasst forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure |
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| sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution |
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| the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight |
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| the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it |
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| the destructive process in which water ro wind loosens and carries away fragments or rock |
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| sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers |
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