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rocks

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

rocks review

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Igneous rocks

  • obsidian
  • granite
  • basalt
Photo by mail.matt

OBSIDIAN

  • glassy
  • extrusive cooled
Photo by maticulous

granite

  • coarse grained
  • intrusive cooled
  • you can see the minerals
Photo by theqspeaks

basalt

  • fine grained
  • extrusive cooled
Photo by keightdee

sedimentary rocks

  • conglomerate
  • breccia
  • sandstone
  • shale
  • evaporite and biochemical

conglomerate

  • made from large rounded particles
Photo by loppear

breccia

  • made from jagged particles

sandstone

  • uniform sand grained particles
Photo by .Bala

shale

  • flat layers of fine-grained salt and clay particles
Photo by DCSL

evaporite

  • made when water dries up
Photo by AlishaV

biochemical

  • when animals excrete C4CO3

marble

  • daughter of limestone
  • easiest to carve for artists

slate

  • daughter of shale
  • parent of schist
Photo by R23W

schist

  • daughter of shale
  • high grade metamorphisis

GNEISS

  • daughter of granite
  • heated and pressure
Photo by subarcticmike

quartzite

  • daughter of sandstone
  • sand particles fused together
Photo by jw_creations