GLY 2010C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Metamorphic Rock, Igneous Rock, Crystal Habit
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The ability of a mineral to break/come apart in its atomic plane in a consistent way, occurs more consistently with crystal symmetry. The force that arises when two atoms share one or more electrons. A solid compound composed of ordered, 3d arrays of atoms or ions chemically bonded together and displaying crystal form. Crystal habit is description of the shapes and aggregates that a certain mineral is likely to form. Crystallization atoms come together in the proper proportion and proper arrangement. A type of mineral deposit in which the minerals occur as small particles(ores) scattered through the rock. The sharing of the outermost electrons b/w two or more atoms without the complete transfer of electron to form ions. Occurs when an electron moves from an atom or chemical species to another atom or chemical species. The complex group of related processes by which rock is broken down physically and chemically and the products moved.
