Saturday, September 18, 2010

Lab 5 - Sedimentary Rocks (Box #3)

Minerals - Samples 1-7

1. Hematite

2. Calcite

3. Halite

4. Kaolinite

5. Dolomite

6. Gypsum

7. Limonite - yellowish mustard stuff


Rocks - Samples 11-24


11. Quartz Sandstone

12. Breccia - Latin word meaning "broken" = angular pieces of gravel


13. Shale

14. Rock Salt

15. Rock Gypsum
16. Arkose

17. Chert

18. Bitominous Coal

19. Conglomerate - rounded pieces of gravel


20. Travertine - think old cheese



21. Coquina - a bunch of shells


22. Fossiliferous Limestone


23. Micrite


24. Greywacke






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