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mineral

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a naturally occurring crystalline, solid chemical element or compound with a uniform chemical composition

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crystallization

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a process in which atoms or molecules come together in an orderly patterned structure

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rock

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a solid mass composed of minerals or volcanic glass

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sediment

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an accumulation of small fragments of rock and organic material that is not cemented together

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outcrop

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an exposed area of bedrock

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igneous rock

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rock that has cooled from magma or lava

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sedimentary rock

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rock formed from compacted and cemented sediments

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metamorphic rock

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rock formed by heat and pressure applied to preexisting rock

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rock cycle

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a model of the processes by which rocks form, are transformed from one type to another, and are recycled into the mantle

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lithification

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the formation of sedimentary rock through compaction and cementation of loose sediments

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cementation

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a process in which minerals fill the spaces between loose particles and bind them together to form sedimentary rock

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decompression melting

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the melting of hot mantle material into magma as a result of changes in pressure, which lower the melting point of the rock; occurs as mantle material rises to a shallow depth in the lithosphere

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flux melting

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process by which subducted water lowers the melting point of mantle material and causes it to melt

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extrusive igneous rock

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(or volcanic rock) rock that has cooled from lava on the crust’s surface

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intrusive igneous rock

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rock that has cooled from magma below the crust’s surface

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batholith

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a body of intrusive igneous rock hundreds of kilometres in extent and formed by the movement and fusion of numerous plutons

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pluton

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a dome-shaped igneous rock mass of no more than a few tens of kilometres in diameter

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sill

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a horizontal sheet of igneous rock that was injected between layers of preexisting rock

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dike

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a sheetlike vertical igneous rock formation

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laccolith

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a shallow, dome-shaped igneous rock body

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exhumation

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the removal of overlying rock and sediment to expose deeper rocks at the surface

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clastic sedimentary rock

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sedimentary rock composed of broken pieces of other rocks

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organic sedimentary rock

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sedimentary rock composed mostly of organic material and derived from ancient organisms

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chemical sedimentary rock

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sedimentary rock that forms as dissolved minerals are precipitated out and as water evaporates

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shale

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a clastic sedimentary rock formed from clay

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sandstone

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a clastic sedimentary rock composed chiefly of quartz sand grains

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limestone

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a chemical sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcite

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coal

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an organic rock formed from the remains of terrestrial wetland forests and widely used today as a fuel source

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peat

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a brownish-black, heavy soil found in wetlands, formed from the partially decomposed remains of plants

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evaporite

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a deposit of one or more minerals resulting from the repeated evaporation of water from a basin

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fossil

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the remains or the impression of an organism preserved in sedimentary rock

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protolith

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the parent or original rock from which metamorphic rock was formed

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fracking

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the procedure by which water is pumped under high pressure into a shale formation to extract natural gas and oil