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| Rock is composed of fragments from weathered and eroded rocks. |
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| Metamorphic minerals are aligned in the same direction. |
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| Igneous rock's environment of formation was underground,the rock is coarse grained. |
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| Metamorphism caused by heat and pressure over a large area. |
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| Metamorphism caused by heat only;commonly associated with igneous intrusions. |
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| Shell fragments(clastic) of once living (bio) organisms. |
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| Metamorphic foliation so intense minerals separated into compositional bands. |
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| gas pockets in an igneous rock. |
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| the process of lava or magma hardening into a rock. |
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| process of sedimentary grains being cemented together by subsurface fluid precipitates. |
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| When rocks are broken up (weathering) and their fragments transported. (erosion). |
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| Igneous rock which cooled "In the ground"..slow cooling,large crystals. |
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| Igneous rock which cooled on the surface..fast cooling, small grains. |
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| Igneous Rock which began to cool in the ground (intrusive)but finished cooling on the surface (extrusive). |
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