21. Which statement is correct about the figure given above? A. Rock B is an igneous rock. B. Rocks A and C are igneous rocks. C. Rocks A and B are sedimentary rocks. D. Rocks B and C is a metamorphic rock.
21. Which statement is correct about the figure given above? A. Rock B is an igneous rock. B. Rocks A and C are igneous rocks. C. Rocks A and B are sedimentary rocks. D. Rocks B and C is a metamorphic rock.
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Transcribed Image Text:Rock Texture
Grain
Composition
size
Calcite, dolomite
and carbon
Non-
Fine to
foliated
coarse
Glassy
Biotite, quartz,
plagioclase
feldspar
Fine
C
Foliated
Fine to
Quartz,
amphibole, and
garnet
medium

Transcribed Image Text:21. Which statement is correct about the figure given above?
A. Rock B is an igneous rock.
B. Rocks A and C are igneous rocks.
C. Rocks A and B are sedimentary rocks.
D. Rocks B and C is a metamorphic rock.
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