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Metamorphic Igneous Sedimentary
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
10/24/2011

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Graphite

 

-Parent Rock: bituminous coal

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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SLATE

 

-Parent Rock: Shale or Siltstone

-Texture: Folliated (Slaty Cleavage)

 

(Metamorphic)

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Phylite

 

-Parent Rock: Slate

-Texture: Folliated (Phyllitic Folliation)

 

(metamorphic)

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Brown Quartzite

 

-Parent Rock: Sandstone

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Metaconglomerate

 

-Parent Rock: Conglomerate

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Schist

 

-Parent Rock: Sandstone

-Texture: Schistosity 

 

 

(Metamorphic)

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Marble

 

-Parent Rock: Limestone

-Texture: Non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Amphibolite

 

-Parent Rock:Dolomite

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Hornfels

 

-Parent Rock: Limestone

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Anthrasite Coal

 

-Parent Rock: Bituminous Coal

-Texture: non-folliated

 

(Metamorphic)

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Gneiss

 

-Parent Rock: Schist

-Texture: Folliated (Gneissic Banding)

 

(Metamorphic)

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Sandstone

 

-Group: Clastic

  • Env. Found in: River, ocean, glacier and desert deposits

-Energy Level: Intermediate 

Grain Size: Fine

 

(Sedimentary)

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Oolitic Limestone 


Group: Carbonate

Enviorment/Energy Level: Beaches/ Low energy levels

Grain Size: Medium


(Sedimentary)

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Interclastic Limestone

 

Group: Carbonate

Enviorment/Energy:shallow, highly aggitated marine water/

high energy

Grain:Coarse (Large)

 

(Sedimentary)

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Sandstone

 

-Group: Clastic

-Enviorment/Energy: Steamss, Beaches, Alluvial Fans, Deserts

-Grain: Intermediate

 

(Sedimentary)

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Chalk

 

Group: Carbonate

Enviorment/Energy: Deep Marine/Low energy

Grain: Fine (Small)

 

(Sedimentary)

 

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Bituminous Coal

 

Group: Organic

Enviorment/ Energy Level: Bog/Low Energy

 

(Sedimentary)

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Breccia

 

Group: Clastic

Enviorment/Element: River Beds, Alluvial Fans/ High 

Grain:coarse (Angular)

 

(Sedimentary)

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COQUINA

 

Group: Carbonate

Env./Energy: Beaches; SHallow water/ High

Grain: Medium-Coarse

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Shale

 

Group: Clastic

Env./Energy: Swaps,Lakes,floodplains/Low

Grain:Fine

 

(Sedimentary)

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Mudstone

 

Group: CLastic

Env./Energy: Flood Plainds, Swamps, Lakes/Low

Grain: Fine

 

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Fossiliferous Limestone

 

Group: Carbonate

Env./Energy: Shallow water/ Low 

Grain: Medium-Coarse

 

(Sedimentary)

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Micrite

 

Group: Carbonate

Env./Energy: Shallow Water/ Low

Grain: Fine

 

(Sedimentary)

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Halite

 

Group: Evaporite

Env./ Energy: seas; bassins/Low energy

Grain: crystilline texture

 

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Volcanic Ash 

 

Pyroclastic

Extrusive

Rate of Cooling: Fast

 

(Igneous)

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Rhyolite tuff

 

Pyroclastic 

2 Stage Intrusively

COoling Rate: Stage 1: slow; Stage 2: Fast

 

(igneous)

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Diorite

 

Phaneretic

Intrusive

Cooling: Slow

 

(Igneous)

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Andesite

 

Aphanetic

Extrusive

Rate of Cooling: Fast

 

(Igneous)

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Basalt

 

Aphanetic

Extrusive

Rate of Cooling: Fast 

 

(Igneous)

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Pegmatite 

 

Intrusive

Pegmatetic

  Rate of cooling: Slow

 

(Igneous)

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Rhyolite

 

 Extusive

Aphanetic

Rate of cooling: Quickly

 

(Igneous)

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Granite

 

Intrusive

Phanaretic

Rate of Cooling:

-Stage 1: Very Slow

-Stage 2: Slow

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Scoria

 

Exstrusive

Vesicular

Rate of cooling: Fast

 

 

(Igneous)

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Gabbro

 

Instrusive

Phaneretic

Rate of Cooling: Slow

 

(Igneous)

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Pumice 

 

Extrusive

Vesicular

Rate of Cooling: Fast

 

(Igneous)

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Obsidian

 

Extrusive

Glassy

Rate of Cooling: Very Fast 

 

(Igneous)

 

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Pophorytic Rhyolite

 

Extrusive/ Intrusive

Porphorytic

Rate of Cooling: 2 Stage

Stage1: SLow under surface 

Stage 2: Fast at surface

 

(Igneous)

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Porphorytic Andesite

 

Extrusive

Porphorytic

Rate of Cooling: Quick


(Igneous)

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Vesicular Basalt

 

Extrusive

Vesicular

Rate of Cooling: Fast

 

(Igneous)

 

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Tuff

 

Exstrusive

Pyroclastic

Rate of Cooling: Fast

 

(Igneous)

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Peridotite

 

Intrusive

Phaneretic

Rate of Cooling: Slow

 

(Igneous)

 

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