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Kelas: 3 4
Warna
Kelas Batu
Warna
Jenis Batu
fine glossy sheen Foliated medium to Phyllite micaceous minerals course Shist, granite, medium to mineral banding volcanic rocks course medium to Interlocking calcite or dolomite limestone course grains Nonfoliated medium to quartz sandstone fused quartz grains course bituminous coal fine black, shiny, organic rock
ROCK NAME
SLATE
MINERALS TOO SMALL TO SEE Shale Siltstone
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F O L NOT I BANDED A T E D
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Fine-grained, PHYLLITIC APHANITIC texture, surfaces have satiny sheen, with crenulations (small wrinkles) May appear grainy
PHYLLITE
GREENSTONE
(Metabasalt) MUSCOVITE BIOTITE CHLORITE HORNBLENDE Quartz, Feldspar Garnet, Epidote Staurolite kyanite, etc. Quartz, Feldspar
Basalt
SCHIST
MAY BE
Coarse-grained,
META-
Conglomerate
BANDED
with pebbles preserved from original sedimentary rock Medium- to coarsegrained with large crystals of some minerals (e.g., garnet, staurolite) Medium- to coarsegrained, GNEISSOSE texture
Muscovite Chlorite
CONGLOMERATE
BANDED
Quartz, Feldspar Muscovite PORPHYROBLASTIC Biotite SCHIST Sandstone Chlorite Granite or other Quartz, Feldspar Igneous Rock Biotite Hornblende GNEISS Muscovite Chlorite
N O T F O L I A T E D
Coarse-grained, with pebbles PHANERITIC preserved from original sedimentary rock Fine- to coarseAPHANITIC grained, OR GRANOBLASTIC PHANERITIC texture May appear grainy
Quartz, Feldspar Muscovite Chlorite QUARTZ CALCITE DOLOMITE MINERALS TOO SMALL TO SEE
Conglomerate
APHINITIC
Basalt
CLASSIFICATION CHART
MINERAL COMPOSITION
Igneous Rocks
OLIVINE
ROCK NAME
grains <3 GRANITE Phaneritic cm (Plutonic) grains - PEGMATITIC > 3cm GRANITE Aphanitic (volcanic) Porphyritic (volcanic) Glassy (volcanic) Vesicular (volcanic)
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DIORITE
rare or unknown
GABBRO
rare or unknown
PERIDOTITE
rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown
--DUNITE--rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown rare or unknown
RHYOLITE
ANDESITE
BASALT
VESICULAR BASALT
(Scoria)
COLOR
Light Shades or
Intermediate
Light to
Shades
Intermediate green