List of Rocks you should know:

Sample #

Rock/ Sample name

Rock

1

Peridotite (Use the sample in the back, not the one in your box)

Igneous

2

Basalt

 

3

Amygdaloidal Basalt

 

4

Scoria

 

5

Gabbro

 

6

Palagonite

 

7

Porphyritic Andesite

 

8

Diorite

 

10

Welded Tuff

 

11

Ash tuff

 

14

Red Granite

 

15

Gray Granite

 

16

Rhyolite (banded with flow structure)

 

17

Porphyritic Rhyolite

 

18

Obsidian

 

19

Pumice

 

20

Slate   (red)

Metamorphic

21

Slate  (grey)

 

22

Phyllite

 

23

Mica Schist

 

24

Garnet Schist

 

25

Schist (Hornblende) (Another name for this rock is Amphibolite)

 

26

Schist (Glaucophane) (aka blue schist.  Made from an amphibole called glaucophane)

 

27

Gneiss  (many of these samples have augens in them and can be called augen gneiss)

 

29

Gneiss (Biotite)

 

30

Marble (Calcite)

 

counter

Metaconglomerate (this is on the counter)

 

32

Breccia

Sedimentary

33

Conglomerate

 

34

Graywacke Sandstone

 

35

Arkosic Sandstone

 

36

Siliceous Sandstone

 

37

Ferruginous Sandstone

 

38

Argillaceous Sandstone

 

39

Quartzite  (look at this sample under the microscope)

 

40

Siltstone

 

41

Shale

 

42

Carbonaceous Shale

 

43

Massive Limestone

 

44

Coquina Limestone

 

45

Travertine Limestone