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| The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes |
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| The simplified pattern that illustrates the order in which minerals crystallize from cooling magma according to their chemical composition and melting point |
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| Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies |
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| Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath Earth's surface |
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| Rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface |
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| Describes magma or igneous rock that is rich in feldspars and silica and that is generally light in color |
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| Describes magma or igneous rock that is rich in magnesium and iron and that is generally dark in color |
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| The process in which the volume and porosity of a sediment is decreased by the weight of overlying sediments as a result of burial beneath other sediments |
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| The process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock |
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| Chemical Sedimentary Rock |
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| Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals precipitate from a solution or settle from a suspension |
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| Sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants or animals |
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| Sedimentary rock that forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together |
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| The process in which one type of rock changes into metamorphic rock because of chemical processes or changes in temperature and pressure |
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| A change in the texture, structure, or chemical coompostion of a rock due to contact with magma |
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| A change in the texture, structure, or chemical composition of a rock due to changes in temperature and pressure over a large area, generally as a result of tectonic forces |
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| The metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands |
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| The metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands |
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