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One of my favorite things to do is collect minerals. In the download section you can find links to one of my books which was cut into three pieces for easy downloading as Acrobat PDF files. Below are a couple of Data Bases built in Microsoft Access 2000. they are also available in Superbase or in text form on request. since this site does not support, sadly it can not be run directly from this site. It can however be downloaded and used on your own machine. To do this, right mouse click and use the "Save Target As" option. Remember where you downloaded it to. For anyone who does not have Access 2000 (but does have Access 97 and wants a copy). Again let me know. Public\Mineral.mdb This data base contains over 1,350 minerals, which covers most except the extremely rare varieties. Public\Fluorescent.mdb This data base contains information on over 240 fluorescent minerals.
Igneous rock weathers when exposed to the elements and is broken down into sediments and carried by wind and water. These sediments become pressed and glued together through the process of lithification to make Sedimentary rock . Some common cementing agents are silica, calcium carbonate, and iron oxide. They again can be weathered and become sediments. Both Sedimentary and Igneous rocks can be heated and put under great pressure short of melting, called metamorphism, and become Metamorphic rocks. These usually show minerals arranges along stress lines. Continues heating to the point of melting will again create Igneous rock. Next Page
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right is the natural rock cycle. Rocks form as liquid rock deep in the
earth called Magma. When this crystallizes Igneous rock is formed.