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Locales - Rocks
Question | Answer |
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Sedimentary basins | Wacke / Greywacke Shale Phosphorite |
Marine | Siltstone Claystone |
Non-marine | Sandstone Conglomerate Breccia |
Old sea basins | Limestone |
Common | Dolomite |
High-energy marine zones | Coquina |
Sedimentary and metamorphic terrain | Coal |
Nodules in limestone | Chert |
Metamorphic terrain | Slate Serpentine Schist Quartzite Phyllite Marble Hornfels Greenstone Gneiss Argillite Amphibolite |
Volcanic regions | Porphyry Scoria Basalt |
Ancient terrains | Peridotite |
Older continental crust | Pegmatite |
Mountainous terrain | Granite Gabbro Diorite |
Downwind from volcanic ranges | Tuff |
Common as pyroclastic flows and caldera fill | Rhyolite |
Volcanic Mountain Ranges | Pumice Andesite |
In rhyolite flows | Obsidian |
Sandstone | Concretions |
Volcanic ranges; domes, dikes, or sills | Dacite |