Peridotite

Location: Marquette County,

Michigan
Description: term used for
course-grained olivine-rich rocks
in which olivine is the dominate
mineral but is les than !" of the
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Sandstone
Location: Los $ngeles County,
C$
Description: a well cemented
sedimentary rock consisting of
predominantly quarts#


Bituminous Shale
Location: %tica, &'
Description: a laminated or
fossile mudrock#


Coquina
Location: (t# $ugustine, )L
Description: &*$


Phosphorite
Location: +arstow, )L
Description: ,an aphanitic to
phaneritic, typically brown to
black rock that is oolitic,
laminated, nodular, or
fossiliferous, with more that -!"
apatite#,




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Pyroxenite
Location: .ustenburg District,
1ransvaal, .($
Description: an ultramafic rock
consisting of mostly pyro2ene3s45
possible accessory minerals
include olivine, spinel, garnet,
hornblende, biotite, feldspar, and
nepheline#


Arkose
Location: 6ardiner, Montana
Description: type of sandstone
that is rich in feldspars#


Ferruginous Shale
Location: Deep .un, 7$
Description: a laminated or
fossile mudrock#


Lithographic Limestone
Location: (olnhofen, 6ermany
Description: ,an e2tremely fine-grained,
dense, compact, pale yellow or grayish
limestone that e2hibits conchoidal
fracture#,

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Dolomite, Variegated
Location: Marquette, Michigan
Description: slightly
metamorphosed limestone# $
distinguishing feature of the
dolomite is its harness in
comparison to limestone# $lso
often will contain ooids#


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Location: 7ima County, $.
Description: ,this fragmental
rock consists of crystals of
quart9, alkali feldspar and
plagioclase of various si9es and
shapes, pieces of glassy rhyolite
and pieces of fine-grained tuff,
all enclosed in a fine-grained
banded ash matri2 which
originally may have been
glassy#,



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"icaceous Sandstone
Location: 7ortland, C1
Description: a well cemented
sedimentary rock consisting of
predominantly quarts# <n this
particular sample there is an
abundance of silicates or micas#


Arenaceous Shale
Location: .avena, &'
Description: a laminated or
fossile mudrock#


Dolomitic Limestone
Location: :asota, M&
Description: a limestone in which
the carbonate fraction consists
mostly of dolomite and calcite,
with calcite being more abundant#


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Location: $lbano, .ome, <taly
Description: piroclasitic rock
which includes sedimentary rocks
that are predominantly silicatic,
soft, not very compact and often
have a granular structure


Volcanic Breccia
Location: 6uffey, C=
Description: have angular
fragments in a sandy mi2ture

Siltstone
Location: Collinsville, <L
Description: ,a sedimentary rock
composed of substantial, but
variable, amounts of silt-si9e
grains# 1he name is applied to
rocks of varying structure,
including laminated, fissile,
nonlaminated, and nonfissile
rocks#,



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Chalcedony
Location: 1ampa +ay, )L
Description: ,Chalcedony is the name
given to compact varieties of silica
which comprise minute quart9
crystals with sub-microscopic pores#
1here are two main varieties:
chalcedony, which is uniformly
colored, and agate which is
characteri9ed by curved bands or
9ones of differing color#,



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Di!!usion Dolomite
Location: )remont County, C=
Description: $cording to Loren
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migration of chemical species
through magma in respounce to
differences 3gradients4 in
pressure, temperature, or chemical
state#,



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#elded u!!
Location: <nyo County, C$
Description: ,a banded or streaky
pyroclastic rock, indurated by the combined
action of the heat retained by the particles,
the weight of overlying material, and hot
gases#,



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"ar$le $reccia
Location: Madoc, =ntario,
Canada
Description: breccia refers to a
coarse clastic rock composed of
angular fragments of older rocks
that are cemented together in a
fine matri25 formed in a number
of ways from a variety of
materials# <n this sample those
broken-up materials consist of
marble fragments which are
metamorphosed limestone#


Flint
Location: Dover, Angland
Description: &*$


ra%ertine
Location: 1rivoli, <taly
Description: composed almost
e2clusively of calcium carbonate#

Volcanic Ash
Location: Mt# (t# BelenCs,
Dashington
Description: ,volcanic ash in the
air is composed of fine pulverised
rock and accompanied by a
number of gases which are then
converted into droplets of
sulphuric acid and hydrochloric
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&o%aculite
Location: Bot (prings, $.
Description: ,a light-colored, dense, hard,
fine-grained, even-te2tured siliceous
sedimentary rock characteri9ed by the
dominance of microcrystalline quart9 over
chalcedony#,


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Chalk
Location: Dover, Angland
Description: a soft, earthy,
friable, porous, light-colored
limestone#