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Locales - Rocks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |