EGEO - rocks

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How is igneous rock formed

cooling and solidification of molten rock as plutons or from volcanic eruptions

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Basalt

  • No visible grains and black,

  • formed from very rapid solidification after a volcanic eruption

  • Extrusive igneous rock


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Granite

  • rock that forms deep in the earth through slow cooling, showing coarse-grained minerals

  • intrusive rock that is exposed through weathering

  • Igneous rock


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Ckastic Sedimentary rock

formed from fragments of other rocks that have been compacted and cemented together

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Bio/Chemical Sedimentary Rock

Mineral formed through the evaporation of sea water resulting in the concentration and preciptation of salts rich i ncalcium and sulphur

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Limestone

  • formed from compaction of calcium rich shells and seas animals, and from preciptiation of calcium carbonate from sea water

  • Sedimentray rock

  • Highly soluble


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What does limestone form during metamorphosis

Marble

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What can shale turn into under metamorphosis

Slate, Phyllite,, Schist, and Gneiss

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What can sandstone turn into under metamorphosis

Quartzite