Terms in alphabetical order – Minerals and Rocks

MINERALS, ROCKS, and RESOURCES

 

atoms of elements (e.g., oxygen, silicon)
chemical sedimentary rocks
clastic
cleavage
coarse-grained
color
compression
concoidal
contact metamorphism
crystal shape
crystal size
density
evaporite
extrusive
felsic
fine-grained
fluorescence
foliated
fossil
fracture
glassy texture
hardness
igneous rock
inorganic sedimentary rocks
intrusive
lava
luster
mafic
magma
magnetism
metamorphic rock
mineral
mixture (e.g, rocks, air)
Mohs hardness scale
molecules of compounds (e.g., quartz, feldspar)
non-silicates
ore
organic sedimentary rocks
physical and chemical properties
plutonic
precipitation
pressure
reactivity with acid
regional metamorphism
resources
rock cycle
rock texture
sedimentary rock
sediments
silica tetrahedron
silicates
streak
volcanic
weathering