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Index fossil

A fossil used to determine the surrounding rock based on the likely time of its origin

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Inclusion

A fragment of other rock contained or enclosed within a host rock

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Incendivity

When a substance is caused to ignite a spark or flame, through chemical or mechanical reaction

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Isotope

A form of the same element containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus, giving that element characteristic properties and atomic weight

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Irradiation

Radiation that ionizes matter, rather than passing through it or reflecting from it

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Ion exchange

An exchange of ions between two electrolytes or, between an electrolytic solution and another complex, a process used in the aqueous separation of minerals

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Ion

Electrically charged particles missing one or more electrons than an atom