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What type of rock is formed from particles or dissolved minerals from previously existing rocks?
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∙ 13y ago
The rock described would be a clastic sedimentary rock.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoClastic sedimentary rock is composed of particles that have eroded from other rocks.
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∙ 13y agoGenerally, sedimentary rock.
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∙ 13y agoThese rocks are called sedimentary rocks.
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∙ 13y agoSedimentary
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What binds minerals together to form rocks?
The process of cementation binds minerals together to form rocks. It occurs when dissolved minerals fill in the spaces between the sediment particles.
What cements together the particles of a stone?
Sedimentary rock particle cements would include iron, calcite, silica, and clay minerals. Igneous and metamorphic rocks are held together by minerals that have crystallized from magma or from recrystallization of existing minerals.
Is mineral water a compound or a mixture?
It is a solution. a compound and a mixture. Ther compound it the waster (H2O) molecules. The solution is the various minerals that may dissolved in water. Finally the mixture is the fine particles of mineralsd thayt have not dissolved in the water. NB THe minerals in their own right may also be compounds. and mixtures of compounds.
What minerals are in a vacuum?
There are no minerals in a vacuum. A vacuum is empty. There are no air particles or any other particles for that matter.
A solution is saturated with dissolved minerals - what will happen if 50 percent of the water in the solution evaporated?
50 percent of the dissolved minerals will condense out of solution by crystallization.
What type of dissolved minerals glue particles into one mass?
The minerals that precipitate from fluids to cement particles together to form sedimentary rocks could be calcite, quartz, clay, or iron minerals.
What name is given to the process where hot mixtures of water and dissolved substances react with existing minerals to form minerals?
Hydrothermal alteration.
What binds minerals together to form rocks?
The process of cementation binds minerals together to form rocks. It occurs when dissolved minerals fill in the spaces between the sediment particles.
Why oceanic water absorb so many minerals in it?
Ocean water absorbs a lot of minerals because water is such an excellent solvent for so many substances. Combine with that, the abundance of existing dissolved materials that can form soluble salts with many existing minerals and you have an excellent environment for dissolving minerals that start out as oxides.
What is the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together?
Cementation is the term that describes the process of forming sedimentary rock.Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediments (products of the weathering of existing rocks) are glued together. When an aqueous solution is dissolved the minerals crystallize and glue sediments together. This process to form sedimentary rocks is called compaction (pressure-hardened) and commendation (gluing together by tiny crystals).
What happen to rock when metamorphism takes place?
It is altered physically by pressure and heat and can align the existing minerals into layers or bands called foliations; new minerals may be formed from the minerals that existed before the metamorphism; aqueous solutions between rock particles are squeezed out; and existing minerals may recrystallize.
What is water that is free from dissolved minerals?
Dissolved minerals are usually in the form of ions. Therefore water that is free of dissolved minerals is called deionized water.
What cements together the particles of a stone?
Sedimentary rock particle cements would include iron, calcite, silica, and clay minerals. Igneous and metamorphic rocks are held together by minerals that have crystallized from magma or from recrystallization of existing minerals.
What are dissolved minerals?
sediment
What are minerals dissolved in?
sediment
Do minerals have particles?
If particles means atoms and sub-atomic particles such as Hadrons, then yes minerals do have particles. Every physical substance has particles.
What do you called minerals formed from dissolved minerals?
evaporites or precipatates
