Rock Types and Uses

Types of Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
euimentaiy Rocks
Bow They aie Naue
W Wlnd and waLer break down Lhe earLh
W 8lLs of earLh seLLle ln lakes and rlvers
W Layers are formed and bulld up
W ressure and Llme Lurn Lhe layers Lo rock
Types of euimentaiy Rocks
Sandstone
Shale
Limestone
Conglomerate
Netamoiphic Rocks
What aie They.
W ocks LhaL have changed
W 1hey were once lgneous or sedlmenLary
W ressure and heaL changed Lhe rocks
Types of Netamoiphic Rocks
Schist Gneiss
Yneous Rocks
What aie They.
W lre ocks
W ormed underground by Lrapped cooled magma
W ormed above ground when volcanoes erupL and magma cools
Types of Yneous Rocks
Granite
Basalt
Pumice
Rocks Have Been Used
For Many Years
and
For Many Tbings
Rocks
kock group Iormed Lxamp|es and
|ocat|ons
Uses
gneous
When lava or magma
cooled and hardened
ln or on Lhe crusL
CranlLe Wlcklow
MounLalns
8asalL ClanLs
Causeway Co
AnLrlm
CranlLe workLops
8asalL ln Larmac Lo
surface roads eLc
SedlmenLary 1he compressed blLs
of planLs anlmals or
oLher rocks
LlmesLone cenLral
plaln of reland
SandsLone
Comeragh mLns
WaLerford/Cork
LlmesLone fronL of
bulldlngs cemenL
SandsLone cemenL
blocks
MeLamorphlc CLher rocks changed
by heaL or pressure
Marble Cokllkenny
CuarLzlLe ML
Lrrlgal uonegal
Marble flreplaces and
headsLones
CuarLz [ewellery and
road surfaces