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Graphite
-Parent Rock: bituminous coal
-Texture: non-folliated
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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
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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
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Oolitic Limestone
Group: Carbonate
Enviorment/Energy Level: Beaches/ Low energy levels
Grain Size: Medium
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Interclastic Limestone
Group: Carbonate
Enviorment/Energy:shallow, highly aggitated marine water/
high energy
Grain:Coarse (Large)
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Sandstone
-Group: Clastic
-Enviorment/Energy: Steamss, Beaches, Alluvial Fans, Deserts
-Grain: Intermediate
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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
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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
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Micrite
Group: Carbonate
Env./Energy: Shallow Water/ Low
Grain: Fine
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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
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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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