Background Information: Rocks normally consist of several minerals, some essential, some accessory. A rock may be thought of as a "mineral environment." Each rock…

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Slide 1Thermobarometry Lecture 12 Slide 2 We now have enough thermodynamics to put it to some real use: calculating the temperatures and pressures at which mineral assemblages…

Slide 1 Minerals of Earth’s Crust Section 1 Section 1: What Is a Mineral? Preview Objectives Characteristics of Minerals Kinds of Minerals Crystalline Structure Crystalline…

Slide 1 Igneous Rocks Slide 2 Igneous rocks Form from “magma” (molten rock) “Lava” is magma that reaches the surface and looses gas (mostly water and CO 2 ) Magma…

Slide 1 Marine Sedimentation Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Sediment Defined: unconsolidated organic and inorganic particles that…

Slide 1 Ch 9. Weathering A. Mechanical Weathering B. Chemical Weathering C. Soil Slide 2 Weathering Mechanical Weathering Physical disintegration of rock (with no chemical…

Economic Geology Vol. 79, 1984, pp. 1880-1896 Geochemistry of the Alteration Pipe at the Bruce Cu-Zn Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Arizona* PETER B. LARSON** Division…

Chapter 5 Minerals of Earthâs Crust Define Mineral. Give one example. Section 1 What Is a Mineral? Minerals are: Naturally occurring, Usually inorganic solid, Characteristic…

Slide 1 FOLIATION Lemuel Libres Lopez, Sta. Mae Banjal, Sajed FOLIATION common to rocks affected by regional metamorphic compression typical of orogenic belts. characteristic…