Coal | | classified principally according to the minerals they consist of and on their chemical composition |
Quartzite | | nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone |
Gneis | | currently known only on Earth where it forms a major part of continental crust. |
Hornfel | | It is usually gray to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava |
Slate | | fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock |
Conglomerate | | fine-grained metamorphic rock |
Sandstone | | rock composed of angular fragments of several minerals |
Schist | | a rock consisting of individual stones that have become cemented together |
Diorite | | Fine-grained aquifer |
Halite | | metamorphic rock with a high hardness |
Basalt | | the largest source of fuel for the generation of electricity world-wide |
Rhyolite | | The vast majority of the Earth's surface |
Gabbro | | textural term for a volcanic rock |
Marble | | can be considered as the extrusive equivalent to the plutonic granite rock |
Breccia | | esults from partial melting of a mafic rock above a subduction zone |
Granite | | name of a sedimentary carbonate rock |
Pumice | | a naturally occurring glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock |
Obsidian | | very resistant to chemical weathering and often forms ridges and resistant hilltops |
Dolomite | | commonly known as rock salt. |