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Periodic table

The arrangement of all know elements, natural or manmade, based on density and further grouped by prevalent characteristics where correlations are known to exist

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Pig iron

Usually the first refined iron product from a smelter, subject to further refinement prior to use

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Piezoelectricity

The property exhibited by certain crystalline mineral such as quartz and tourmaline which, subjected to shock, produce a negative and positive electrically polarized end at either end of the crystal

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Plutonic

Refers to rocks from plutons transported from great depth

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Pluton

An intrusive igneous body, usually measured in kilometers

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Plug

A small offshoot of solid lava from a larger flow

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Pleochroism

The property of a mineral where the colour of grains vary with angle observed