Rocks Flashcards
1
Q
Sandstone
A
Clastic
Sedimentary
2
Q
conglomerate
A
Clastic
sedimentary
grain size larger than sand
3
Q
fossiliferous limestone
A
clastic sedimentary reacts has fossils calcite
4
Q
rock gypsum
A
sedimentary non igneous coarsed grain softer than fingernail gypsum
5
Q
dolomite
A
sedimentary
non igneous
dolomite
reacts in powder form
6
Q
shale
A
clastic
sedimentary
layers
7
Q
granite
A
igneous
crystalline
coarse grained
8
Q
gabbro
A
brown/black color
coarsed grain
igneous
crystalline
9
Q
basalt
A
igneous crystilline brown/black color fine grained vesicular texture
10
Q
obsidian
A
igneous
crystilline
glassy texture
11
Q
rhyolite
A
igneous
crystilline
porphyrititc texture
fine grained
12
Q
gneiss
A
metamorphic
foliated
dark/light layers
13
Q
schist
A
metamorphic
foiliated
light/dark layers
14
Q
quartite
A
metamorphic
non igneous
non foiliated
harder than glass
15
Q
marble
A
metamorphic non igneous non foiliated softer than glass reacts
