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Mineral - Naturally formed -Solid -Formed by inorganic processes -Specific chemical composition -Characteristic crystal structure Earth Materials continued Rock – a coherent, naturally occurring solid, consisting of an aggregate of one or more minerals, or a mass of natural glass or organic matter.
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Basic Rock Classifications Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic
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Rock Cycle Sedimentary Rocks Igneous Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Magma Sediment Pressure And Cementation Erosion/ Weathering Heat and Pressure Cooling Heat Pressure Erosion
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Define - Freeze ? ?
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Igneous Rocks
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-a rock that forms when hot molten rock (magma or lava) cools and freezes solid Two types of igneous rocks Plutonic – cools underground Volcanic – cools above ground
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Factors controlling Melting 1. Temperature: Melt at [800 o C and 1200 o C] Source of heat [radioactive decay]
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Geothermal Gradient – the rate at which temperature increases with depth in the Earth 30 O C/km
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Bowen’s Reaction Series The order of crystallization of the common silicate minerals from a magma Liquid Solid
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Iron and Magnesium rich Al, Ca, and Sodium rich Dark colored minerals Light colored minerals
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Factors controlling Melting 2. Pressure: as pressure increases, melting temperature increases as pressure decreases, melting temperature decreases Lowering pressure causes melting in divergent margins.
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Relationship between P, T, and Melt Less Pressure More Pressure
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Divergent Plate Boundary
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Factors controlling Melting 3. Water content: As water content increases, melting temperature decreases
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Caramel is melted sugar
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Water increases melting at convergent plate boundaries
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Where do igneous rocks occur?
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Types of Molten Material 1. Magma – molten material below the Earth's surface 2. Lava – molten material above the Earth's surface
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Magma Composition Changes Partial melting Assimilation Magma Mixing Fractional Crystallization
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Partial Melting some minerals melt at a lower temperature than others.
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Magma Viscosity Viscosity – resistance to flow honey – high viscosity water – low viscosity Viscosity increases as silica content increases.
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Magma Chemistry Molten material can consist of liquid rock, mineral grains and gases (H 2 O, CO 2, SO 2 ). Silicon and oxygen (SiO 2 ) make up the majority of magma 45% SiO 2 - "low" silica content 75% SiO 2 - "high" silica content
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Endmember Magma Chemistry Mafic – low SiO2 / high iron, magnesium Felsic/Silicic – high SiO2 / high aluminum, calcium, sodium
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Igneous Rock Types Intrusive (plutonic) rock – cools and solidifies below the Earth's surface. Extrusive (volcanic) rock – cools and solidifies above the Earth's surface.
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Texture – overall appearance, related to size, shape, and arrangement of minerals. Texture is related to cooling history of an igneous rock, not its chemistry. Textures of Igneous Rocks
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Phaneritic (course grained) Aphanitic (fine grained) 1. 2. Magma Lava Earth’s surface
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Aphanitic Texture – Rapid Cooling Small Crystals
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Phaneritic Texture – Slow Cooling Large Crystals
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Phaneritic Texture – Slow Cooling Large Crystals Aphanitic Texture – Rapid Cooling Small Crystals Silicic Chemical Composition GraniteRhyolite
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Phaneritic Texture – Slow Cooling Large Crystals Aphanitic Texture – Rapid Cooling Small Crystals Intermediate Chemical Composition DioriteAndesite
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Phaneritic Texture – Slow Cooling Large Crystals Aphanitic Texture – Rapid Cooling Small Crystals Mafic Chemical Composition GabbroBasalt
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PHANERITIC texture It means that the size of all grains in the rock are large enough to be distinguished with the unaided eye
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APHANITIC texture It means that not all grains in the rock are large enough to be distinguished with the unaided eye. Most of the rock is background mass.
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Pegmatites
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Ingersoll Mine Ingersoll mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States One of the many adits at the old Ingersoll pegmatite. Private and Very dangerous. No Trespass.
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Glassy Texture - Very Rapid Cooling - No Crystal Structure
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Ash FallAsh Flow Pyroclastic Texture
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Plutonic Structures
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