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This page is intended as a list of all rock types.

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A

A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. Diameter of view is 8 cm.
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A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. Diameter of view is 8 cm.

Amphibolite
Andesite
Anorthosite
Aplite
Arkose

B

Banded iron formation
Basalt
Basanite
Blueschist
Breccia

C

Bituminous coal seam in West Virginia
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Bituminous coal seam in West Virginia

Carbonatite
Chalk
Charnockite
Chert
Coal
Conglomerate
Coquina

D

Dacite
Diabase
Diatomite
Diorite
Dolerite
Dolomite
Dunite
Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco
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Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco

E

Eclogite
Epidiorite
Epidosite
Essexite
Evaporite

F

Flint
Foidolite
Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss
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Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss

G

Gabbro
Gneiss
Granite
Granodiorite
Granophyre
Granulite
Greywacke
Greenschist
Greenstone
Greenstone belts
Gypsum

H

Harzburgite (variety of peridotite).
Hornblendite
Hornfels

I

Ignimbrite
Ijolite
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

J

Jasperoid
Jaspillite

K

Kimberlite
Komatiite

L

Lamproite
Lamprophyre
Larvikite
Latite
Litchfieldite
Lherzolite (variety of peridotite).
Limestone
Marble
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Marble

Luxullianite

M

Marble
Marl
Migmatite
Monzonite
Mudstone
Mylonite

N

Nepheline syenite
Nephelinite
Norite
Novaculite

O

Phyllite
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Phyllite

Obsidian
Ophiolite

P

Pegmatite
Peridotite
Petoskey stone
Phonolite
Phyllite
Picrite
Quartzite
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Quartzite

Porphyry
Pumice
Pseudotachylyte
Pyroclastic rock
Pyroxenite
Pumice

Q

Quartzite
Quartz monzonite

R

Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York
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Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York

Rapakivi granite
Rhyodacite
Rhyolite
Rhomb porphyry

S

Sandstone
Schist
Scoria
Serpentinite
Shale
Siltstone
Skarn
Slate
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Slate

Slate
Syenite

T

Tachylyte
Taconite
Tephrite
Theralite
Tonalite
Trachyte
Troctolite
Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy
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Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy

Trondhjemite
Tuff
Turbidite

U

V

W

Wackestone
Websterite
Wehrlite

X

Y

Z

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