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Physical property of a mineral that measures resistance to scratching

Rock formed from rapidly cooling lava that has a erupted at earth surface or formed from consolidated solid materials expelled from volcanoes

Type of metamorphic rock who’s grains are arranged in layers or bands

Physical property of a mineral that causes it to break into uneven pieces

Naturally occurring in organic crystalline solid with a predictable chemical composition and a characteristic set of physical properties

Course grained Rock formed from slowly cooling magma below earths surface

Molten rock material found inside earth

Consolidated natural mixture of minerals volcanic glass or rock fragments

Color of a mineral in powdered form helps identify a mineral and can be observed by rubbing a mineral on a white porcelain tile

Continuous process that forms and changes rocks on it earth surface and deep below the surface

sedimentary rock forming process in which minerals precipitate out of water and fill the spaces between clasts

Metamorphic rock who’s minerals grow and rearrange but don’t form layers

Layers of sediment or compressed by the weight of the layers above them

Physical property of a mineral that causes it to break a long planes that cut across relatively weak chemical bonds creating well-defined smooth flat surface