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What pieces of broken rock shells mineral grains and other materials are also known as?
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The usual name for such sedimentary rocks is conglomerate.
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Is earth one solid piece or is it broken up int pieces?
It is broken up into pieces called tectonic plates
Explain why a mineral such as topaz can display both cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when a mineral breaks into flat pieces. Fracture is when a mineral breaks into irregular pieces. Topaz atom bonds are weaker in some parts and stronger in others. When it is equally strong then it breaks into irregular pieces and if it all weak in a flat line then it will be flat.
What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
Why are teeth not a a mineral?
Teeth are not a mineral because they aren't a solid, they are small pieces of calcium. Also they need to have a crystalline structure
What is the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces?
mechanical
What is a mineral grains?
Mineral grains are crystals or pieces of crystals that vary widely in chemicalcomposition
What are mineral grains made up of?
Mineral grains are crystals or pieces of crystals that vary widely in chemical composition. There are over 4,000 different minerals that have been identified so far.
What are most grains of sand made of?
tiny broken down pieces of rock and sea shells
What are earth materials that cannot be broken into smaller pieces called?
minerals
How do sedimentary grains become rounded?
Broken pieces travel down the stream. Due to constant friction they become rounded.
What is sand made made up of?
Very small pieces of stone, shells, and mineral sediment. Over time, large pieces of hard materials are ground by the ocean's waves into sand.
If a 60 kg granite boulder were broken down into sand grains and if quartz made up 35 percent of the boulders mass how many kilograms of the resulting sand would be quartz grains?
35% of 65kg. Total mass does not change regardless of how many pieces the object is broken into
When was Broken in Pieces created?
Broken in Pieces was created in 2002.
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits this property?
A mineral that breaks into jagged pieces exhibits fracture.
The broken pieces stay on the sand. What is the simple subject in this sentence?
"pieces" is the simple subject in this sentence.
Is Silicon Fracture or Cleavage?
its fracture because fracture is when a mineral l breaks , it is all uneven . when it is cleavage , its flat broken pieces so this is definitely fracture
Is the word coal a noun?
Yes, the word 'coal' is a noun, a word for a form of the mineral carbon that is broken into pieces suitable for use as fuel; a word for a thing.
