What type of rock is this? Igneous • • Sedimentary • Metamorphic • This is actually a mineral and not a rock

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What type of rock is this?
Igneous
57.2%
• Sedimentary
Metamorphic
● This is actually a mineral and not a rock
What are those two big things in the middle?
• Imprints of fans
• Shapes left by melting candy in the concrete
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Fossil seashell impressions
· Pieces of rocks that have been glued into the specimen
What is the likely identity of this specimen?
• Fossiliferous shale
• Fossiliferous sandstone
• Fossiliferous granite
• Fossiliferous limestone
Transcribed Image Text:/ 11 What type of rock is this? Igneous 57.2% • Sedimentary Metamorphic ● This is actually a mineral and not a rock What are those two big things in the middle? • Imprints of fans • Shapes left by melting candy in the concrete • Fossil seashell impressions · Pieces of rocks that have been glued into the specimen What is the likely identity of this specimen? • Fossiliferous shale • Fossiliferous sandstone • Fossiliferous granite • Fossiliferous limestone
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