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  • it is used for the manufacture of sulfuric acid and sulfur dioxide, such as ... == Occurrence and acid mine drainage == [[Image:Cubicpyrite.jpg|thumb ...
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  • Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite ... or barite may line small cavities in the rock. During regional metamorphism ...
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  • The breakdown products following chemical weathering of rock and sediment ... to a few negative degrees at night. As the rock heats up and expands by day ...
    18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
  • Marble is a metamorphic rock, composed mainly of crystalline calcium ... Marble is a metamorphic rock, resulting from the metamorphism (transformation ...
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  • (CaMg(CO3)2) and for a sedimentary rock that has this mineral as its ... oxide. It is an important reservoir rock for petroleum, and a host ...
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  • A sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups, the other ... Sedimentary rocks make up a relatively thin layer of rock that covers ...
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  • enamels, cooking utensils, and hydrofluoric acid. In addition, it is used instead ... This mineral is slightly soluble in water. It reacts with sulfuric ...
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  • Phosphoric acid, also known as orthophosphoric acid or phosphoric ... == Preparation of orthophosphoric acid == There are two distinct kinds ...
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  • compass. Magnetite dissolves slowly in hydrochloric acid. ... it dissolves slowly in hydrochloric acid. The interactions between ...
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  • *Heat Shield Rock - Found on Mars. *Orgueil meteorite - Object of a 1965 hoax that involved embedding a seed within part of the meteorite. ...
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  • or layers of bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite ... the Dinaric Kras region, established that rock dissolution was the key process ...
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  • includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos. The ... *Solutional caves may form in places where the rock is soluble. They ...
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  • In the latter form, it is known as "TV rock" or "TV stone," ... and near-neutral conditions, it is boric acid, commonly written as H3BO3 ...
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  • products. Soapstone, a high-talc rock, is an ornamental stone and ... of kyanite being favored when the rock is more aluminous. ...
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  • Igneous rocks form when magma (molten rock) cools and solidifies. ... the earth. Surrounded by pre-existing rock (called country rock), the ...
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  • Granite is a hard, tough, igneous rock that is widely distributed ... structure for this type of crystalline rock. In geology, granite is called ...
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  • Sulfuric acid (or sulphuric acid in British English) is a strong mineral ... water can be highly acidic and is called Acid Rock Drainage (ARD). The acidic ...
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  • A rock is an aggregate of two or more minerals, and it may also include ... that of water. Most minerals, including all rock-forming minerals, have a specific ...
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  • Calcite is a carbonate mineral and is among the most widely distributed minerals on the Earth's surface. Chemically, it is known as calcium ...
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  • particularly many grasses. Also, silicic acid (a family of chemical compounds ... forms. Sand, amethyst, agate, quartz, rock crystal, chalcedony, flint ...
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