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Rocks are formed from the chemical compounds known as minerals - metal-silicates, carbonates, sulphates etc.
You will also find secondary emplacement of minerals in fractures or other cavities in existing rocks, creating geodes, veins (including ore-bodies) etc.
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What mineral within a metamorphic rock that can be used to provide a narrow constraint on the temperature and pressure of formation of the rock is termed?
index mineral
What is the role of a mineral in the rock formation?
. Any mineral that forms igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks and that typically, or solely, forms as an intimate part of rock-making processesany :.
What is rock texture?
Texture refers to the size and orientation of the mineral crystals or clasts contained within the rock.
Different types of metamorphic are distinguished by the?
arrangement of mineral grains within the rock
Different types of metamorphic rocks are distinguished by the?
arrangement of mineral grains within the rock
What mineral within a metamorphic rock that can be used to provide a narrow constraint on the temperature and pressure of formation of the rock is termed?
index mineral
What is the homophone for load?
The homophone for "load" is "lode." A "lode" is a mineral deposit found in a rock formation.
What is the overburden soil?
In geology, overburden soil is the soil and other material which lies over a rock formation or mineral deposit.
What is a mass of some mineral in rock or in the ground?
deposit
What is the rock that contains a use mineral?
You can call it "Ore" or even "Mineral deposit"!
How can the mineral quartz be an igneous rock?
Quartz is a rock-forming mineral--and can be found in all three rock types. There is no igneous rock formation that is exclusively composed of the mineral quartz.
What is a mineral deposit that is large and pure enough to be mined called?
rock
What is a mineral deposit that is to large and pure enough to be mined called?
rock
What is mineral deposit?
Usually a precipitation of the mineral dissolved from its host rock by circulating hydrothermal or ground-water.
What is lode?
in Geology, a lode is a deposit of metal ore that fills or is deposited in a fissure in a rock formation
Why is mineral texture an important aspect of petrography?
Mineral texture provides clues as to the origin of the rock particles and the processes which lead to the rock's formation. Texture would include the size and arrangement of the mineral crystals or particles found in the body of a rock.
What is the role of a mineral in the rock formation?
. Any mineral that forms igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks and that typically, or solely, forms as an intimate part of rock-making processesany :.
