what am I
This igneous rock is used as road fill and construction, is Mafic and extrusive
what is basalt
This means formed from magma that has cooled under the Earth’s surface
intrusive
Dolomite
mineral
dark colored, very little or no quartz, has magnesium and iron
mafic
Sedimentary rocks are formed in these 5 steps
weathering, transportion, deposition, compaction, cementation
I am a somewhat foliated specimen and I am used as building, carvings, and countertops
Marble
This means the rock is made of inorganic material, cemented together •
Clastic
travertine
sedimentary
light colored, abundant quartz and feldspars (pink)
felsic
Two main mechanisms of metamorphism
Contact and reginal
I am a biological rock and am used as water filler.
Coquina
This term is defined as the property of a rock to split easily along thin parallel layers.
Fissel
Coquina
sedimentary
Form from weathered pieces (clasts) of older rock)
clastic
What are the different types of bedding
plane, graded, cross
My hardness is 2.5 on the MOH scale and I have a copper red streak. I am a native element
Copper!!!
This word is defined as a metamorphic rock that has distinct repetitive layers
foliated
quartzite
metamorphic
Formed from organic materials or invertebrates
biochemical/organic
Ripple marks and mud cracks describe this
Where they were formed with water
The different types on limestone and pick the rock out.
fossil, oolitic, travertine
This term is defined as the way a mineral reflects light
luster
bornite
mineral
Formed when minerals precipitate directly from a solution
chemical
This type of depositional environment would produce cross beds
flowing wind or water