Description

Color is usually white, is made from limestone, hardness is a three on the Mohs hardness scale, is often used as decoration in a house, and is a metamorphic rock
Is a igneous rock, the color is usually black, is low in silica, is a extrusive rock, and the oceanic crust is made up of this rock
Makes up coral reefs, marble, chalk, etc. Is a sedimentary rock, mostly made of calcium, has rich fossil content, and serve as a building stone
Is a metamorphic rock, is a foliated rock, contractors use this rock as a crushed stone, is use in landscaping, road construction, etc. And is used for decorating houses as well
Is a type of igneous rock, is widly found on Earth and the Moon, is the intrusive equal to basalt, and is very low silica
Is a type of sedimentary rock, contains at least 10% of coarser-than-sand-size clasts, is made of a mixture of several rock types, the rock's clast material,formation, and cement are all related in time
Is a type of metaphorpic rock, is originally a fine-grained sedimentary rock, mainly composed of clay, crystals can form on this rock, these crystals if formed will grow large enough to see with the naked eye, and mist of this rocks are the color black
Is a type of igneous rock, has large crystals but not due to crystilization, this rock often contains gemstones, indstrial minerals, and rare minerals,
Is a type of sedimentary rock, is composed of sand-size grains of mineral, rock, or organic material, this rock is the most common sedimentary rock, contains a cementing bind with most of the time has a matrix of silt or clay size particles, and this rock serves as a aquaifer
Is a type of metamorphic rock, this rock often retains to stratification, this rock is often dense, hard, and fined-grained rock, can be almost any color, and this rock can be seperated into three groups
Is a type of sedimentary rock, this rock is found in sedimentary basins all over the world, this rock is very, very similar to limestone, this rock is very common in the rock record, this rock has the same name as a mineral, so is refered to in a couple different ways
Is a type of igneous rock, this rock cools so rapidly that the atoms couldn't arrange themselves to make crystals, this is an extrusive smooth rock, and the most common color of this rock is black

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