Topic 10 : Minerals

,
the Rock cycle and Mineral Identification

LIGHTER ELEMENTS found in the outer layers

( ex .
crust )

HEAVIER ELEMENTS ( miss I in Earths

, mikes found
core

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Most minerals OXYGEN ( 47%7 SILICONE ( 28% )

common
found in the crust is g

0 1- Si t other elements =
SILICATES

silicate minerals
begin life as elements in magma
many
↳
silicates
form as
magma cools and
crystallizes to
four different types of
igneous rock

Rock
cycle

EROSION , TRANSPORTATION
AND DEPOSITION
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ROCK

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HEATING %
,

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AND
*
REMELTING
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EROSION, q
s

TRANSPORTATION
IGNEOUS AND
±
*
D
ROCK DEPOSITION
+

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BURIAL
AND / OR
HEATING

METAMORPHIC
INPUT OF NEW ROCK
MELT INTO THE CRUST MELTING BURIAL ,
FROM THE MANTLE HEATING
AND

METAMORPHISM

RETURN OF MATERIAL

TO THE MANTLE BY
SUBDUCTION