[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”I – Glossary” heading_tag=”h2″][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Idiochromatic
Igneous
Immersion method
Immiscibility
Impurity defect
Inclined extinction
Incompatible element
Index mineral
Index of refraction
Index(indices)
Index(X-ray pattern)
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Inert gas
Infrared light
Infrared spectroscopy
Inorganic
Inosilicates
Integral molecules
Intensive variable
Interfacial angle
Interference
Interference colors
Intergranular fluid
Intergrowth
Intermediate igneous rock
Internal energy (E)
Internal reflection
Interstice
Intrusive rock
Invariant point
Inversion
Inversion center
Ion
Ionic bond
Ionic charge
Ionic crystal
Ionic microprobe
Ionic radius
Iridescence
Iron formation
Irregular (fracture)
Island silicate
Isochemical
Isochrome
Isodesmic
Isogonal
Isograd
Isogyre
Isolated tetrahedral silicates
Isomorphous series
Isostructural
Isotope
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