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60 Cards in this Set
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Specific type weathering common in granite.
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Exfoliation
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Specific type weathering common in Florida.
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Solution
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Most common type of mechanical weathering.
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Frost - wedging
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Mud flows in volcanic areas.
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Lahars
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Most common type of chemical weathering.
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Exidation
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Creep in frigid zones
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Solifluctions
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Type soil common in arid regions.
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Pedocals
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Type soil common in tropics.
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Laterites.
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Slopes formed by weathering.
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Talus
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Type soil in humid areas.
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Pedalfers
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Most abundant sedimentary rock.
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Shale
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Most abundant non-clastic sedimentary rock.
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Limestone
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Most common feature of sedimentary rocks
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Stratification
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Changing sediment into rock,
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Lithification.
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List two minerals that serve as cement in the lithification process.
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1. Quartz
2. Calcite |
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Most abundant mineral in organic rock
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Calcite
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List highest form of coal
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Anthrocite
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Two minerals present in Mafic rocks
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1. Iron
2. Magnesiu |
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Four steps involved in clastic rock formation.
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1. Weathering
2. Erosion 3. Deposition 4. Lithification |
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Three most common minerals comprising sedimentary rocks.
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1. Clay
2. Quartz 3. Calcite |
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Intermediate rock with fine texture.
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Andesite
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Ore of copper.
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Bornite
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Ca - Na feldspars
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Plagioclase
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Most Mafic igneous rock.
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Peridotite
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Salt and gypsum.
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Evaporites
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Highest degree of metamorphism.
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Gneiss
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Fragmental texture.
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Tuff
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Vesicular texture.
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Scoria
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Obsidian
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Glassy
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Ore of Mercury
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Cinnabar
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K feldspar.
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Orthoclase
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Most mafic mineral
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Olivine
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Cave deposits of limestone.
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Travertine
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Metamorphic equivalent of limestone.
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Marble
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Metamorphic equivalent of Granite.
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Gneiss
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K feldspar.
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Orthoclase
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Most mafic mineral
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Olivine
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Cave deposits of limestone.
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Travertine
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Metamorphic equivalent of limestone.
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Marble
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Metamorphic equivalent of Granite.
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Gneiss
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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.
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Phenocryst
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Ore of Zinc.
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Sphalerite
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Igneous mafic extrusive with fine texture.
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Basalt
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Number on of Moh's scale.
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Talc
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Highest melting point of the Silicates.
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Olivine
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Degraded organic material in soil.
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Humus
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Layer of loose material covering solid rock.
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Regolith
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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.
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Phenocryst
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Minerals that are composed of aluminum, silicone, and oxygen.
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Aluminosilicates
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Type of rock that can be extracted through mining and refined through use.
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Ore
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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.
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Phenocryst
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Ore of Zinc.
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Sphalerite
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Igneous mafic extrusive with fine texture.
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Basalt
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Number on of Moh's scale.
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Talc
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Highest melting point of the Silicates.
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Olivine
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Degraded organic material in soil.
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Humus
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Layer of loose material covering solid rock.
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Regolith
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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.
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Phenocryst
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Minerals that are composed of aluminum, silicone, and oxygen.
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Aluminosilicates
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Type of rock that can be extracted through mining and refined through use.
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Ore
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