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Volcanoes are areas where rock is built up around an opening in the Earth which connects the land surface to the magma below the ground.  When the pressure deep below the volcano increases, the magma is erupted from the ground.  There are three most common types of volcanoes – Shield Volcanoes, Strato Volcanoes and Cinder [...]

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Children will love to go on this Igneous Investigation from Mini Me Geology.   Your Igneous Investigation kit comes complete with six neat rock samples:  grey/white granite, snowflake obsidian, andesite, scoria, volcanic breccia and pegmatite.  Also included in the kit is a hand magnifier and a CD with 30 pages of mineral information, sample identification [...]

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Question:  What is in magma that makes up a rock?
 
Answer:  Magma is the term used for liquid rock which forms deep below the Earth’s surface.  Magma can be composed of many different things such as silicates, alkalis, iron and magnesium.  The composition of the magma will determine the type of rocks which it will eventually [...]

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On February 10, 2009, many of your favorite brands and items may be off the shelves at your locals stores. The new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is a law that requires third-party lead and phthalate (used in some plastics) testing.

Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks, Uncategorized on January 10th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

The rocks that make up our Earth are constantly moving and changing.  The three types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.  A metamorphic rock is formed when a sedimentary or igneous rock changes form because the temperature or pressure changes.  This change typically happens over time when the sedimentary or igneous rocks are buried [...]

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