MINERALS AND ROCKS!!!

BASALT

• Fine grained
• Formed from magma or lava
• Most common rock found
• Formed through volcanism
• An intrusive igneous rock

OBSIDEN

• A type of igneous rock
• Intrusive igneous rock
• Glassy
• Rapid cooling

GRANITE

• An intrusive ingenious rock
• Course grained
• Contains many quartz

SHALE

• Clastic sedimentary
• Fine grained
• Contains Clay minerals and clay
• Gray color

SANDSTONE

• Clastic sedimentary
• Process through accumulation
• Fine grained
• Feels like clumped sand

CONGLOMORATE

• Clastic sedimentary
• A compounded amount of minerals
• Course grained
• Bumpy surface

LIMESTONE

• Calcium carbonate
• The process is Accumulation
• Coral, shell and algae
• Fine grained
• Doesn't taste like lime

ROCKSALT

• Formed through evaporation
• From salt water or saline water
• Very salty tasting!!!!!
• Do Not Lick

MARBLE

• A metamorphic rock
• Process through metamorphism
• Course grained
• When smoothed out you can see all colors

SLATE

• A metamorphic rock
• Fine grained
• Process of metamorphism
• Gray smooth surface

QUARTZITE

• A metamorphic rock
• Metamorphosed sandstone
• Granular
• Mainly white but also varies in other colors

SCHIST

• Metamorphic rock
• Formed and plates in ocean floor collide
• Scaley
• Shiny and layered

GNEISS

• Metamorphic rock
• Formed from schist
• Course grained
• Grey or pink
• Dark striped layers