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Fellow that put together the hardness scale |
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fellow who figured out that a body in water is buoyed up by a force equal to the volume of water displaced |
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man made object with a hardness of 5.5 |
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gravitational differentiation |
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heavies sink down, light float up |
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ability to deform without breaking |
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number of elements to make up 98% of earth's crust |
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number of elements to make up 75% of earth's crust |
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second most common element in earth's crust |
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class which contains corundum |
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number of times a sample is as heavy as an equal volume of water |
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class of minerals which include human bone |
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ability to withstand scratching |
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natural solid with known structure and composition |
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classification of mercury |
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the most common class of minerals |
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bubbling in response to dilute acid |
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number four on the hardness scale |
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easiest way to differentiate halite |
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class which makes up most animal skeletons |
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the least dependable visual characteristic |
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class of minerals characterized by sulfur and oxygen |
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the class to which pyrite belongs |
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the way light bounces off a mineral |
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class of minerals formed by evaporating water |
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mineral which makes up human bones |
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three dimensional expression of a mineral |
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most common element in earth's crust |
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man made object with a hardness of 6 |
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trail of mineral left on porcelain plate |
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cone composite of medium silica lava |
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best example of flood basalt |
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long crack vent which results in flood basalts |
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largest volcanic eruption |
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cause of volcanic eruptions |
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fine grained pyroclastics |
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positive result of volcanic eruptions used by farmers |
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placement of magma into overlying rocks |
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precious mineral formed in volcanic pipes |
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site Idaho with good examples of volcanic features |
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type of high silica volcano |
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volcano which collapsed to form a caldera |
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collective term for all landforms cooled beneath surface |
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rocks or landforms formed on surface |
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poor synonym for extrusive |
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pyroclastic cloud with poisonous, explosive |
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gravel sized pyroclastics |
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violent mud slides caused by volcanic eruption |
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large open wave caused by volcanic eruptions |
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shrinkage forms in basalt |
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volcano that erupted to envelope Pompeii |
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large hot pyroclastic ejections |
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myth accredited to the collapse of santorini |
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volcano that results from low silica |
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all rock formed by cooling magma |
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results from lava flowing out from under a cooled solid layer |
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hole underground where magma accumulates |
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low silica basalt from long crack |
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changed by silicon content |
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materials thrown into the sky by eruption |
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large holed caused by collapse of a volcano into magma chamber |
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passage from magma chamber to vent |
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hole through which magma pours out on surface |
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fine grained rock with quartz |
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low silica, dark minerals |
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last mineral to form as magma cools |
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first mineral to form as magma cools |
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differential crystalization |
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results in loss of elements from magma |
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most common volcano formed by basalt |
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sequence which lists the order minerals form as magma cools |
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plagioclase rich coarse grained rock |
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rock which makes up lithospheric plates |
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many holes in extrusive rocks |
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tabular body which cuts through previous rocks |
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dike which goes around throat |
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olivine, pyroxenes and amphibole coarse grained |
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piece of country rock surrounded by phaneritic rock |
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dike which extends away from throat |
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composition with high silica with light minerals |
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spreading ridge beneath continent |
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formation of igneous rocks away from magma |
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cause of yellowstone intrusions and extrusions |
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collective term for all intrusive landforms |
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taking minerals from country rocks into magma |
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plagioclase, fine grained igneous rock |
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extrusive with highest olivine content |
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most common volcano formed by rhyolite |
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small pluton with concave surface |
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olivine rich extrusive rock |
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first ferromagnesian mineral to form as magma cools |
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quartz rich phaneritic rock |
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most common element in the earth's crust |
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second most common element in the earth's crust |
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third most common element in the earth's crust |
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Oxygen, silicon, aluminum |
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Which three elements make up over 75% of the crust |
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Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, sodium, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium |
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Which eight elements make up over 95% of the crust |
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hexagonal porcelain plate |
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what do they use to get around impurities and scratch the mineral across? |
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luster of a handful of glass |
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Moh's hardness of about 2.5 |
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Moh's hardness of about 5.5 |
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formula for specific gravity |
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weight of the water displaced |
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specific gravity of quartz |
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round up the specific gravity |
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If you have a lighter material in a heavier one, you would... |
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round down the specific gravity |
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If you have a heavier material in a lighter one, you would |
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If the mineral is metallic, you compare it to... |
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If the mineral is nonmetallic, you compare it to... |
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Pyrite has a specific gravity of... |
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The most common class of minerals |
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concentration of minerals |
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low profile volcano that doesn't stack up against the vent |
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the only concordant pluton |
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first mineral to be formed in the Bowen's Reaction Series |
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first ferromagnesium mineral to be formed in the Bowen's Reaction Series |
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The last feldspar to be formed in the Bowen's Reaction Series |
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On the igneous rock chart, Rhyolite (top) corresponds to... |
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On the igneous rock chart, Diorite (bottom) corresponds to... |
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On the igneous rock chart, Gabbro (bottom) corresponds to... |
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On the igneous rock chart, Komatite (top) corresponds to... |
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On the Igneous rock chart, Mid Oceanic Ridge example |
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On the Igneous rock chart, shield example |
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On the Igneous rock chart, strato example |
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On the Igneous rock chart, cinder example |
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Texture of Mt. St. Helens |
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the only texture to have quartz IRC |
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the texture made up completely of olivine |
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the texture that is mostly pyroxene and olivine |
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Texture that is mostly amphibole and plagioclase |
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