Common Rocks in Marine Environment

For Marine Enviroment rocks

Mudstone

Detrital; Bubble, offshore enviroment & Lagoons

Quartz Aventie Sandstone

Detrital; Sandy, Beaches, Continal and Coastal dunes

Basalt

Mafic, Vesicular, Mid-ocean ridge

Coal

Organic, Glassy, Lagoons & Swamp

Gabbro

Mafic, Phanertic, Mid-ocean ridge

Basalt

Mafic, Ophantic,

Obsidian

Felsic, Glass Obsidion,

Pumice

Felsic, Vesicular, Shield Volcanocs, Riffs, Mid-Ocean ridges

Fossilisferous Limestone

Carbonate, Bubbly, fossil, Shallow marine enviroment & reefs

Carbonate Mudstone

Carbonate, Bubbly, Shallow marine enviroment & reefs

Rock Salt

Chemical, Crystal, Playa Lakes

Chalk

Carbonate, Bubble, powdery, Shallow marine environments & reefs

Coquina

Carbonate, Bubble, acid, Shallow marine environments & reefs

Chert

Detrital, Red, Bubble in areas, scatch glass, Deep Ocean

Diatomite

Chemical, powdery, deep ocean

Conglomerate

Detrital, Beaches, continental shelves, coastal dues

Felsic

Ligther Composition

Mafic

Darker Composition

Igneous Rock

Body of Magma (Hot, liquid Rock) cools & solidifies

Sedimentary Rocks

From Breakdown, movement, Deposition, and Lithification of pre-existing rocks AKA: Loose Sediment into Rock