Friday, June 17, 2011

GeoJeopardy! Fridays #51

Time for GeoJeopardy! Fridays, because it is time to take a brake.

- Rocks & Stuff -

A rock called pridotite produces this hardest gem

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This form of molten rock deep within the earth can reach a temperature of over 2100 degrees

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This agreeable-sounding metamorphic rock has alternating bands of dark- & light-colored minerals

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Most rocks are composed primarily of oxygen & this element

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Soapstone, used as an electrical insulator, is a greenish-gray variety of this soft mineral

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