ROCK+TYPES

Igneous Rocks ** EXAMPLES: Granite, Basalt

DESCRIPTION: Igneous rocks are a liquid magma which cooled down to make it into solid. These rocks are desribed on two axies and granite and basalt have two different description. For example, granite is a slow cooled quartz rich rock but basalt is a rapidly cooled magnesium rock.

EXAMPLES: Clastics, Carbonates
 * Sedimentary Rocks**



DESCRIPTION: **Sedimentary rock** is a type of rock that is formed by [|sedimentation] of material at the Earth's surface. Sedimentation is a process that cause mineral and particles to accumulate to make layers.

Metamorphic Rocks EXAMPLE: Slate, Gneiss

DESCRIPTION: Metamorphic rocks are results of transformation of a rock type in a process called Metamorphism.