List of rock types
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A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. Diameter of view is 8 cm.
A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. Diameter of view is 8 cm.
Amphibolite
Andesite
Anorthosite
Anthracite
Aplite
Argillite
Arkose

B

Banded iron formation
Basalt
Basanite
Blueschist
Boninite
Breccia

C

Bituminous coal seam in West Virginia
Bituminous coal seam in West Virginia
Carbonatite
Cataclasite
Chalk
Charnockite
Chert
Claystone
Coal
Conglomerate
Coquina

D

Dacite
Diabase
Diatomite
Diamictite
Diorite
Dolerite
Dolomite
Dunite
Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco
Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco

E

Eclogite
Enderbite
Epidiorite
Epidosite
Essexite
Evaporite

F

Felsite
Flint
Foidolite
Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss
Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss

G

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

H

Harzburgite
Hornblendite
Hornfels
Hyaloclastite

I

Ignimbrite
Ijolite
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

J

Jadeitite
Jasperoid
Jaspillite

K

Kimberlite
Komatiite

L

Lamproite
Lamprophyre
Larvikite
Latite
Lignite
Litchfieldite
Lherzolite
Limestone
Marble
Marble
Luxullianite

M

Mangerite
Marble
Marl
Migmatite
Monzogranite
Monzonite
Mudstone
Mylonite

N

Nepheline syenite
Nephelinite
Norite
Novaculite

O

Phyllite
Phyllite
Obsidian
Oil shale
Oolite

P

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

Q

Quartzite
Quartz diorite
Quartz monzonite

R

Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York
Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York
Rapakivi granite
Rhyodacite
Rhyolite
Rhomb porphyry

S

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

T

Tachylyte
Taconite
Tephrite
Theralite
Tonalite
Trachyte
Troctolite
Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy
Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy
Trondhjemite
Tuff
Turbidite

U

Unakite

V

Variolite

W

Wackestone
Websterite
Wehrlite

X

Y

Z

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