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Unit 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Ion | an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons |
Crystal | the transparent form of crystallized quartz. |
Inorganic | not consisting of or deriving from living matter. |
Mineral | A mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formula, that is usually solid and inorganic, and has a crystal structure |
Silicates | a salt in which the anion contains both silicon and oxygen |
Cleavage | a sharp division; a split. |
Crystallization | Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs. |
Igneous Rock | produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma. |
Metamorphic Rock | Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase. |
Metamorphism | a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline. |
Precipitate | When the reaction occurs in a liquid solution, the solid formed is called the 'precipitate'. |
Rock Cycle | an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion. |
Density | the degree of compactness of a substance. |
Fracture | the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material. |
Hardness | the quality or condition of being hard. |
Luster | a thin coating containing unoxidized metal that gives an iridescent glaze to ceramics. |
Streak | The color of a mineral when powdered and observed against an white porcelain plate. |
Lava | ot liquid rock that flows from a volcano, or this rock when it has become solid |
Sediment | Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. |
Sedimentary Rock | Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment |
Sedimention | he natural process in which material (such as stones and sand) is carried to the bottom of a body of water and forms a solid layer |
Extrusive | relating to or formed by geological extrusion from the earth in a molten state or as volcanic ashany formation of intrusive igneous rock |
Intrusive | any formation of intrusive igneous rock; rock formed from magma that cools and solidifies within the crust of the planet. |
Volcanic Rock | rock formed from magma erupted from a volcano. |
Magma | hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling. |
Rock | he solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans. |
Vein | a fracture in rock containing a deposit of minerals or ore and typically having an extensive course underground. |
Gemstone | a precious or semiprecious stone, especially one cut, polished, and used in a piece of jewelry. |
Ore | a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted. |
Ore Deposit | ore deposit is an accumulation of ore. |
Cementation | the binding together of particles or other things by cement. |
Lithification | is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel fluids, and gradually become solid rock. |
Organic | of, relating to, or derived from living matter. |
Foliation | the process of being split into thin sheets or laminae. |