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ROCKS AND MINERALS

IGNEOUS: formed from magma, then lava, then cooled

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some minerals are called geodes

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METAMORPHIC - starts out as igneous/sedimentary - heat and pressure that changes this rock

SEDIMENTARY: formed from natural forces (wind, heat, cold, glaciers) made up of pieces of rock, pressure formed

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3 TYPES OF ROCKS:

IGNEOUS

METAMORPHIC

SEDIMENTARY