Minerals
What is olivine and pyroxene?
The name for igneous rocks with gas pockets.
What is vesicular?
Grain size range (in cm) of clay.
What is less than .0004 centimeters?
Parent rock of anthracite coal.
What is Bituminous Coal?
Mineral(s) that can be white.
What is potassium feldspar, quartz and plagioclase feldspar?
The environments Igneous rocks form.
What is intrusively and extrusively?
Sedimentary rock with angular fragments.
What is Breccia?
Metamorphic rocks that undergo intense heat and pressure when formed.
What is regional metamorphism?
Mineral(s) with highest mafic composition.
The rocks that melt into the magma that later solidifies, creating igneous rocks.
What are metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous rocks?
The texture of the sedimentary rock that's made of compacted animal remains.
What is bioclastic?
Metamorphic rocks that undergo intense heat only.
What is contact metamorphism?
The rock that undergoes metamorphism to create Quartzite.
What is quartz sandstone?
What form of molten rock solidifies to create Igneous rocks?
What is magma?
The three minerals that make up most inorganic sedimentary rocks.
What is quartz, feldspar and clay?
Metamorphic rocks with a banded or layered appearance.
What is foliated?
Mineral(s) that make up obsidian.
What is potassium/plagioclase feldspar, quartz, biotite, amphibole and pyroxene?
A characteristic of Igneous rocks that are rich in iron(Fe) and magnesium(Mg).
What is mafic?
The possible textures of sedimentary rocks.
What is clastic, crystalline and bioclastic?
Types of rocks that form metamorphic rocks after undergoing metamorphism.
What are sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks?