Kind sorts earth materials into their broadest category, such as mineral, rock or sediment. Wikipedia describes quartz as "a hard mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide)," placing it firmly in the mineral kind rather than among rocks made of many minerals together. This dimension gives a visitor the widest possible grouping of what a material actually is.
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Formation OriginArise from the transformation of existing rock into new rock types through metamorphism. 1 Kind
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1. Wikipedia: Metamorphic rock
WikipediaMetamorphic rock, lead sectionQuote, Metamorphic rock, lead section
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.
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