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☆☆☆☆☆Texture refers to the size and orientation of the mineral crystals or clasts contained within the rock.
A mineral can have varying numbers of cleavage planes, areas where there exists an inclination to cleave when struck or force is applied.. Most mineral crystals exhibit a preferred cleavage in certain directions, but may have cleavage planes in other directions.
The acid test tells you whether it is a carbonate or not.
The most common mineral group contains silicates.
Diorite is a medium grained rock.
it is physical weathering. it is also called mechanical weathering
It is deep for a free diver and it can get dark at 50 meters deep in an ocean
Solution weathering
abrasion
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It will be smaller than when a crystal slowly cools, because if it cools rapidly, the crystals have less time to cool
Inorganic Apex
Limestone
