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Mineral and Mudrock

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Difference between Mineral and Mudrock

Mineral vs. Mudrock

A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes. Mudrocks are a class of fine grained siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

Similarities between Mineral and Mudrock

Mineral and Mudrock have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Metamorphism, Pyrite, Quartz, Shale.

Calcite

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

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Dolomite

Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite.

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Feldspar

Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.

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Kaolinite

Kaolinite is a clay mineral, part of the group of industrial minerals, with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

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Marcasite

The mineral marcasite, sometimes called white iron pyrite, is iron sulfide (FeS2) with orthorhombic crystal structure.

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Metamorphism

Metamorphism is the change of minerals or geologic texture (distinct arrangement of minerals) in pre-existing rocks (protoliths), without the protolith melting into liquid magma (a solid-state change).

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Pyrite

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide).

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Quartz

Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Mineral and Mudrock Comparison

Mineral has 319 relations, while Mudrock has 26. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 2.61% = 9 / (319 + 26).

References

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