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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

Rocks and Minerals Review

AB
propertyan observable characteristic of something that you can describe
fossilwhen an image of something once living forms in a rock
sedimentarywhen bits and pieces of matter settle to the bottom of water and form rock
magmamelted underground rock
igneousrocks that form from magma
metamorphicrocks that form or change by undeground pressure or heat
translucenttransmits varying degrees of lights
opaquetransmits no light
transparenttransmits all light (see through)
metallicreflect light like polish metal (shiny)
nonmetallicreflect light but dull, waxy, pearly
cleavagebreaking of meinerals into particular shapes
fracturewhen a mineral doesn't break into a particular shape


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