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rocks and minerals

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streakcolor of the mineral's powder
hardnessthe ability to scratch glass
lusterhow a mineral reflects light
cleavagebreaking along flat surfaces
fracturebreaking along uneven surfaces
chemical propertiescalcite bubbles in acid and has double vision
silicon-oxygen structuretetrahedron
describe ways minerals form in Earth's crustprecipitation of minerals into water, evaporation, cooling and solidification of magma
igneous rocks formcooling and solidification of molten rock
intrusiveslow, large, in the ground, magma
extrusivefast, small or glassy, at the surface, Lava
felsiclow density, light, Se, Al, continental rock
mafichigh density, dark color, Mg, Fe, oceanic rock


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