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Basalt

Extrusive igneous, gas bubble

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Breccia

Clastic sedimentary, angular pebbles

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Coal

Organic sedimentary, carbon, dead plants

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Conglomerate

Clastic sedimentary, round pebbles

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Coquina

Bioclastic sedimentary, shell hash

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Gneiss

Metamorphic foliated, pressure underground

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Granite

Intrusive igneous, tiny crystals

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Limestone

Bioclastic sedimentary, calcite, compressed in the ocean floor

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Marble

Non-foliated metamorphic, crystals, calcite, found in mountainsides and quarries

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Obsidian

Extrusive igneous, glassy black

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Oolitic limestone

Sedimentary, precipitate, tiny circles

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Pegmatite

Intrusive igneous, lots of big rocks, crystal clumps

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Phyllite

Foliated metamorphic, regional metamorphism, pressure underground

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Pumice

Extrusive igneous, OBSIDIAN WITH HOLES

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Rock gypsum/Alabaster

Evaporite sedimentary, made of gypsum, crystalline formation

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Rock salt

Evaporite sedimentary, made of halite, dissolves

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Sandstone

Clastic sedimentary, sand clast size

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Schist

Foliated metamorphic, regional metamorphism, further pressured into gneiss

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Scoria

Extrusive igneous, BASALT WITH HOLES

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Shale

Clastic sedimentary, splits easy, clay clast size

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Siltstone

Clastic sedimentary, silt clast size

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Slate

Foliated metamorphism, low grade metamorphism of shale