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Mineral
A naturally occuring chemical substance having a definite composition and crystalline structure
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Lustre
The surface appearance of a mineral, as it interacts with light
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Grain boundary
The line of contact between mineral crystals in a rock
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Solid solution
Describes two end members with defined combinations, within which one or more types of atoms may be subsituted
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Bridging oxygen
An oxygen atom shared by two tetrahedra in a crystal structure
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Foliation
A texture in metamorphicrocks formed by the preferred alignment of flat/tabular minerals
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Weathering
The breakdown of rocks in situ
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Uplift
The return of buried rocks to the earths surface by tectonic forces
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The surface appearance of a mineral, as it interacts with light

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Lustre

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The line of contact between mineral crystals in a rock

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Describes two end members with defined combinations, within which one or more types of atoms may be subsituted

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Card 5

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An oxygen atom shared by two tetrahedra in a crystal structure

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