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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary Review

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forms from the cooling of magma or lava
made of mixtures of minerals and other materials
must be formed by processes in the natural world
the look and feel of a rock’s surface
forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
a series of processes on Earth’s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
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forms when an existing rock is changed by heat and pressure
particles of minerals or other rock that make up rocks
a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
particles of a mineral line up in a pattern and repeats over and over again
cannot form from materials that were once part of a living thing