Rocks in the Vicinity of Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY Outcrop location Rock Name Rock Type Palisades Interstate Parkway Palisades Sill, diabase Igneous US 9W, NY 218 Sparkill Red Conglomerate, Sandstone and Shale Sedimentary Taconic State Parkway, Kensico Dam Manhattan Schist, Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic I87 - Tarrytown Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic NY22 White Plains Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic I84 Connecticut State Line Manhattan Schist Metamorphic Rockland County - Haverstraw Red Conglomerate, Sandstone and Shale Sedimentary Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx Inwood Marble Metamorphic Bear Mountain Gneiss and quartzite Metamorphic Peekskill Gneiss and quartzite Metamorphic                                                       Use table entitled “Rocks in the Vicinity of Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY” on page 3 to fill in the table below: Number of Each Rock Type in the Vicinity of WCC Rock Type # of outcrops Igneous   Sedimentary   Metamorphic     Insert completed histogram here:                   Generalization about data:

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