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73 Cards in this Set
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Calcite -cleavage color hardness luster streak overal essential feature |
Effervesence! Cleavage yes |
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Feldspar |
Cleavage yes! |
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Garnet -cleavage color hardness luster streak overal essential feature |
Soccer Ball! Red black |
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Halite
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Salty! |
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Hematite
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Streak! red, glitter No cleavage |
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Mica
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Yes !cleavage |
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Pyrite
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gold! Grey black gold silver |
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Quartz
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Harder than glass, fracture distinct! Pink green |
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Olivine
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Green sandy grain! Black green Orange |
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Cleavage yes
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Calcite, feldspar, halite, mica
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Color gold
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Pyrite
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Harder than glass
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Olivine Quartz garnet |
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Metallic
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Hematite pyrite
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Softer then penny |
Mica halite
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No cleavage |
Garnet |
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Difference between quartz and calcite
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calcite effervescence
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quartz and feldsbar difference
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Feldspar has cleavage quartz does not
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pyrite and mica
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cleavage mica has, pyrite does not. luster mettalic pyrite and non metallic mica
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Garnet and hematite
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hardness garnet scratches glass hematite does not, luster garnet nonmetalic, hematite metallic.
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Calcite and halite
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calcite effervecent, halite not
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olivine and pyrite
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luster, olivine has non and pyrite is metallic |
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What to expect at Convergent plate boundaries
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shallow earthquake boundary, deeper toward boundary, deep trenches, volcanoes, arcs |
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What to expect at trasform boundaries
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volcanic not evidence, no trench age data, no volcanoes
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what to expect at divergent boundaries
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new sea floor (very distinct) earthquakes (shallow on plate boundary) seismic activity
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Texture |
how large mineral grains are
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felsic
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often lighter high in silica and aluminum
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mafic
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often darker high in magnesium and Iron |
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3 way other than clastic that sedimentary rocks form
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chemical, biological or chemical processes, organic-burried, lithifies, compaction, dewater |
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high grade metamorphic means it was mad under __ conditions
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high heat and pressure
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pyroclastic flow
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ash flow, fast moving current of hot gas and rock
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lahar
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mud flow, can be triggered by volcanic ash
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composite volcanoe
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a cone shaped volcanoe mountain composed of alternatily layers, pyroclastic materials
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what type of plate boundary is most likely to produce a violent volcanic eruption?
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Convergent |
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Foliation
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streaks formed when metamorphic rocks are being formed arrangement of structural or textual features in any rock resulting from alignment of minerals and grains
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bigger crystals more permeable t/f
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true
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Clastic more permeable T/F
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True
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Bedding of rocks
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show layers often in sedimentary rocks
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Clasts are formed with low temperature/high pressure
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conglomerate, sandstone, rocks broken and joined together sedimentary rocks
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Crystals
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generally form in igneous, can form in metamorphic generally pretty small.
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granit has clasts or crystals ?
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Crystal
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sandstone clast or crystal?
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clast
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does shale or sandstone have greater permeability?
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Sandstone has greater permeability
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Foliation
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streaks formed when metamorphic rocks are being formed arrangement of structural or textual features in any rock resulting from alignment of minerals and grains
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bigger crystals more permeable t/f
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true
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Clastic more permeable T/F
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True
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Bedding of rocks
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show layers often in sedimentary rocks
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Clasts are formed with low temperature/high pressure
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conglomerate, sandstone, rocks broken and joined together sedimentary rocks
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Crystals
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generally form in igneous, can form in metamorphic generally pretty small.
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granit has clasts or crystals ?
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Crystal
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sandstone clast or crystal?
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clast
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does shale or sandstone have greater permeability?
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Sandstone has greater permeability
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small crystal rocks
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Gneiss, obsidian, rhyolite,
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small clastic rocks
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sandstone
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large clast
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breccia, conglomerate
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Large crystal
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Gabbro, Granite
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Visible mica in what rock
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Schist
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good permeability
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sandstone
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not permeable to poor
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basalt, breccia, conglomerate, gneiss, gabbro, granite, limestone vaireis, marble, obsidian, rhyolite, shale, schist
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Foliation
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Gneiss, schist
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Bedding
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limestone, sandstone, shale
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Basalt
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Dark rock! igneous rock, crystals or clast too small to tell, small size, poor permeability, no bedding or foliation
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Breccia
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Clast very large and angular! Sedimentary, clastic, poor permeabilty
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Conglomerate
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Large round round clast! sedimentary, clast large permeability poor
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Gabbro
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Large crystal dark igneous rock!
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Gneis
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Clear bands of color metamorphic
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Granite
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large crystals igneous rocks
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Limestone
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coral, fizz with fcl can contain fossil sedimentary rock
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Marble
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shiny crystal sometimes, metamorphic, fizz with hcl metamorphised limestone |
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Obsidian
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simmilar to glss show fracture! igneous rock |
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Rhyolite
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small crystals light in color igneous rock
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Sandstone
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tan pink can have bedding sedimentary |
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Shale
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flacky flat grey/black/red
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Schist
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foliated contains mica! metamorhpic |