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Flashcards: rocks

Instructions

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  3. Cut along the dotted horizontal lines.
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graniteintrusive, ingeous, normal rock, light colour
pumiceextrusive, ingeous, un-heavy and holey
obsidianextrusive, ingeous, like black glass
basaltextrusive, ingeous, like a norman rock but black
limestoneorganic, sedimentary, hard, normal rock
bituminous coalorganic, sedimentary, black, fine grained
chalkorganic, sedimentary, white, fine grained
sandstoneclastic, sedimentary, sandy
siltstoneclastic, sedimentary, dark, slightly darker than shale
shaleclastic, sedimentary, dark, slightly lighter than siltstone
gneissfoliated, metamorphic, layered, dark, flat
serpentinenot foliated, metamorphic, dark, red bit going through
marblenot foliated, metamorphic, white with veins
garnet-mica-schistnot foliated, metamorphic, shiny, goldish