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List of Rock Sample Type of Rock Outstanding Characteristics Uses

This document provides a table summarizing key characteristics and uses of different rock types including igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks such as obsidian and andesite are described as having a glassy or dark fine-grained texture. Sedimentary rocks like shale, limestone are characterized by features like layering, ease of scratching and effervescence. Metamorphic rocks have a vitreous luster and brittle texture. The rocks are used for various applications depending on their properties, such as making tools from obsidian or using limestone to produce cement.

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List of Rock Sample Type of Rock Outstanding Characteristics Uses

This document provides a table summarizing key characteristics and uses of different rock types including igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks such as obsidian and andesite are described as having a glassy or dark fine-grained texture. Sedimentary rocks like shale, limestone are characterized by features like layering, ease of scratching and effervescence. Metamorphic rocks have a vitreous luster and brittle texture. The rocks are used for various applications depending on their properties, such as making tools from obsidian or using limestone to produce cement.

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List of Rock Type of Rock Outstanding Uses


Sample Characteristics
1. Igneous Rock Obsidian has a glassy Obsidian was used to
lustre and is slightly make knives,
harder than window arrowheads, spear
glass. points, scrapers, and
many other weapons
and tools.
2. Sedimentary Rock Shale is breaks along It is used to make
thin laminae or brick, pottery, tile,
parallel layering or and Portland cement.
bedding called Natural gas and
fissility petroleum may be
extracted from oil
shale.
3. Metamorphic Rocks They all have a They are used in
vitreous luster, a waterjet cutting,
transparent-to- "sand" blasting,
translucent sandpaper, water
diaphaneity, a brittle filtration, and a
tenacity, and a lack of number of other uses.
cleavage.
4. Sedimentary Rock Limestone is usually limestone include
gray, but it may also being used to
be white, yellow or produce cement for
brown. It is a soft roads and other
rock and is easily foundations.
scratched. It will
effervesce readily in
any common acid.
5. Igneous Rock Andesite is a dark, It is fairly strong,
fine-grained, brown which allows it to be
or greyish used in road and
intermediate volcanic railway construction,
rock which is a and as fill gravel.
commonly found in
lava.

1. What process in the environment can you infer from their characteristics?

Sedimentary rocks provide information on past habitats on the surface of the Earth. As a result, they are the
principal narrators of former climate, life, and key events on the surface of the Earth. Each type of ecosystem has its
own set of mechanisms that result in a certain form of sediment being deposited.

2. Can you tell profoundly the events that occurred in the earth’s surface by just considering a rock’s
characteristics? If no, why?

Shifting tectonic plates, the atmosphere, freezing water, melting ice, moving rivers, and evolving life have all
altered Earth's surface features during geologic time. Hills, mountains, valleys, and plains form as a result, sheltering
ecosystems that interact with all life and providing a record of Earth surface processes dating back through time.
Despite rapidly expanding scientific knowledge of Earth surface interactions and the growing availability of new
monitoring technology, little is known about how these processes create and degrade landscapes.

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