Rock Classification 2

Question 1

List the main qualities of phanerite.

(I/S/M, C/NC, F/NF I/E, O, Any minerals that it can contain, and color.)

Answer 1

Igneous, intrusive.

Small minerals grains that are more or less the same size.

pink, orange, yellow, brown, gray, and black

Question 2

List the main qualitites of diorite

(I/S/M, C/NC, F/NF I/E, O, Any minerals that it can contain, and color)

Answer 2

Igneous, intrusive.

(grays to black with white, with a speckled effect of white)

Question 3

List the main qualities of scoria.

(I/S/M, C/NC, F/NF I/E, O, Any minerals that it can contain, and color)

Answer 3

Igneous, extrusive.

(usually dark in color, brown, black, or purpleish red)

Question 4

List the main qualities of basalt.

(I/S/M, C/NC, F/NF I/E, O, Any minerals that it can contain, and color)

Answer 4

Igneous, extrusive, dark gray/greenish in color.

Question 5

List the main qualities of pumice.

(I/S/M, C/NC, F/NF I/E, O, Any minerals that it can contain, and color)

Answer 5

Igenous, extrusive, typically light-colored.