List of rock types

List of rock types

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

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A

: Amphibolite: Andesite: Anorthosite : Anthracite: Aplite: Argillite: Arkose

B

: Banded iron formation: Basalt: Basanite: Blueschist: Boninite: Breccia

C

: Carbonatite: Cataclasite: Chalk: Charnockite: Chert: Claystone: Coal: Conglomerate: Coquina

D

: Dacite: Diabase: Diatomite: Diamictite: Diorite: Dolerite: Dolomite: Dunite

E

: Eclogite: Enderbite: Epidiorite: Epidosite: Essexite: Evaporite

F

: Felsite: Flint: Foidolite

G

: Gabbro: Ganister: Gneiss: Gossan: Granite: Granodiorite: Granophyre: Granulite: Greywacke: Greenschist: Greenstone: Gritstone: Gypsum

H

: Harzburgite : Hornblendite: Hornfels: Hyaloclastite

I

: Ignimbrite: Ijolite

J

: Jadeitite : Jasperoid : Jaspillite

K

: Kimberlite: Komatiite

L

: Lamproite: Lamprophyre: Larvikite: Latite: Lignite: Litchfieldite: Lherzolite : Limestone: Luxullianite

M

: Mangerite: Marble: Marl: Migmatite: Monzogranite: Monzonite: Mudstone: Mylonite

N

: Nepheline syenite: Nephelinite: Norite: Novaculite

O

: Obsidian: Oil shale: Oolite

P

: Pegmatite: Pelite: Peridotite: Phonolite: Phyllite: Picrite: Porphyry: Psammite: Pseudotachylite: Pumice: Pyroclastic rock: Pyrolite: Pyroxenite

Q

: Quartzite: Quartz diorite: Quartz monzonite

R

: Rapakivi granite: Rhyodacite: Rhyolite: Rhomb porphyry

S

: Sandstone: Schist: Scoria: Serpentinite: Shale: Siltstone: Skarn: Slate: Soapstone: Syenite

T

: Tachylyte: Taconite: Tephrite: Theralite: Tonalite: Trachyte: Troctolite: Trondhjemite: Tuff: Turbidite

U

: Unakite

V

: Variolite

W

: Wackestone: Websterite: Wehrlite

X

Y

Z

See also

* List of minerals
* List of stone
* Mineralogy
* Mineraloid
* Petrology
* Rock
* Rock formation: for a list of unusual or culturally significant rock outcrops.
* Metamorphic rock
* Igneous rock
* Sedimentary rock

External links

* [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/bgsrcs/details.html British Geological Survey]
* [http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/IgnRx/Ighome.html Igneous rock classification]
* [http://www.seafriends.org.nz/enviro/soil/rocktbl.htm Classification of common rocks and soils]
* [http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/metamorphic/metaclass.htm Metamorphic Rock Classification]
* [http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcanic_rocks.html Volcanic rocks]


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