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One of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust.
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Rock-forming mineral
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A usually lightcolored igneous rock that is found in continental crust.
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Granite
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A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust.
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Basalt
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The particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture.
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Grains
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The look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains.
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Texture
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A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
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Igneous rock
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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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Sedimentary rock
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A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
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Metamorphic rock
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Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface.
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Extrusive rock
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Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.
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Intrusive rock
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Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms.
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Sediment
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The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock.
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Erosion
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The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.
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Deposition
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The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
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Compaction
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The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
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Cementation
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Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.
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Clastic rock
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Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers.
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Organic rock
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Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.
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Chemical rock
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A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
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Coral reef
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Term used to desribe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
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Foliated
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a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.
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rock cycle
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