Igneous Rocks
The environment of formation of Rhyolite
What are Extrusive Rocks?
What are the four textures of Sedimentary Rocks?
Clastic/ Crystaline/ Crystaline or bioclastic/ bioclastic
What are the types of grain sizes
Fine/fine to medium/ medium to course/ fine to course/ course
Whats the common color of Calcite
Colorless or variable
What turns Igneous rocks into Sediments?
Weathering&Erosion
Glassy, Fine, Course, Very course
What are textures?
What is the composistion of Rock salt?
Halite
What are the two types of metamorphism?
Regional and Contact
Whats the hardness of Olivine?
6.5
What turns Sediments into Sedimentary Rocks?
Deposition and Burial/ Compaction and cementation
What are the two types of vesicular textures?
Non-vesicular and Vesicular
What is the grain size of siltstone?
0.0004 to 0.006cm
What are the textures in Metamorphic Rocks?
Whats the use of Muscotive mica?
What turns sedimentary rocks into Metamorphic rocks?
Heat and Pressure/ metamorphism
What is Gabbro made of?
Plagioclase feldspar/Pyroxene/Amphibole/Olivine
What can you notice about Conglomerate?
Rounded Fragments
What was slate before metamorphism took place?
Shale
What are the characteristics of Graphite?
Black streak/ greasy feel
What does Metamorphic go through to turn into magma
Melting
Is Diabase Mafic of Felsic
Mafic
What is the Dolostones texture?
What is Gneiss made of?
Mica/quartz/feldspar/amphibole/garnet/pyroxene
What is the composition of Plagioclase feldsper?
(Na,Ca)AISi3O8
What turns Magma into Igneous Rocks
Sodification