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ISBN: 9781938168284

Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 8, Problem 3E

Describe the differences among primitive, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, and relate these differences to their origins.

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