GLGY 308 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Loess Plateau, Silicate Minerals, Biomineralization
28 Dec 2019
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What are the 3 rocks that make up the earth"s crust: what is common between all 3 rock types of the. Earth"s crust: granite, marble, what are some properties of minerals, what are elements, composition of. Earth"s crust: what are the most abundant minerals on the. Why are they the most abundant: thickness of the crust. Chemical element required as an essential nutrient by organisms to perform functions necessary for life. They are aggregates of one or more types of minerals. A mineral is not the same as a rock. Forms from magma that crystallizes underground and the minerals have time to grow. One of the many rocks that is made of one type of mineral (calcite) Solid crystalline substance: atoms that compose the mineral are arranged in an orderly, repeating, 3d array. Inorganic: crystallize from magma, precipitate from solutions such as seawater at the surface, grow in response to changes in temperature and pressure deep in the crust.
