1. What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary)?

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Explore Chicago's downtown buildings, identify rocks, rock fragments, and materials embedded in different buildings, describe their geological setting and relation to this course.
Stop #1: Chicago Water Tower
1. What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic,
or sedimentary)?
2. What environment was necessary for the rock
used to cover the Chicago Water Tower to form?
In other words, describe the environment that the
rock formed in, and where we can find that
environment today.
3. What is the age of the Sugar Run formation?
Transcribed Image Text:Stop #1: Chicago Water Tower 1. What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? 2. What environment was necessary for the rock used to cover the Chicago Water Tower to form? In other words, describe the environment that the rock formed in, and where we can find that environment today. 3. What is the age of the Sugar Run formation?
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