Concepts in Physics and Earth Science Rock Identification Name: Paulina Gonzalez   Identify each unknown sample: Igneous: A04 - Rhyolite  A05 -  Basalt  A08 - Tuff A10 - Diorite A15 - Porphyrite Granite  A16 - Obsidian

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Concepts in Physics and Earth Science

Rock Identification

Name: Paulina Gonzalez

 

Identify each unknown sample:

Igneous:

  1. A04 - Rhyolite 
  2. A05 -  Basalt 
  3. A08 - Tuff
  4. A10 - Diorite
  5. A15 - Porphyrite Granite 
  6. A16 - Obsidian 

Sedimentary:

  1. A01 - Coquina 
  2. A03 - Breccia 
  3. A06 - Bituminous coal 
  4. A07 - Lignite 
  5. A09 -  Sandstone 

Metamorphic:

  1. A01 - Quartzite 
  2. A02 - Slate 
  3. A03 - Gneiss 
  4. A04 - Marble 
  5. A06 - Schist 

Questions:

1.- Which of the igneous rocks are intrusive? How do you know?

 

2.- Which of the igneous rocks are extrusive? How do you know?

 



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