Name:______________________________________________ Date:_________________ Period:______

Rock Identification Lab

Rock Sample Type of rock (circle one) What two processes formed this rock? It is identified as (circle one) What characteristic(s) would help you identify this rock? Explain.
I can see rounded pebbles that are cemented together, this is A characteristic of conglomerate rocks.

Where/how do you think this rock formed?

The rounded pebbles in this rock look like they were smoothed in a river. I think that this rock formed on the bottom of a river as sediment built up and compacted and compressed it together.

Metamorphic Example: Conglomerate Compaction and Cementation

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Metamorphic Obsidian

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Metamorphic Limestone

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Metamorphic Gneiss

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Rock Sample

Type of rock (circle one)

Metamorphic

What two processes formed this rock?

It is identified as (circle one)

Intrusive Extrusive

What characteristic(s) would help you identify this rock? Explain.

Where/how do you think this rock formed?

Granite

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Mystery Rock 1 Name: ___________

Metamorphic

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Mystery Rock 2 Name: ___________

Metamorphic

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded

Mystery Rock 3 Name: ___________

Metamorphic

Intrusive

Extrusive

Igneous

Organic

Nonorganic

Sedimentary

Banded

Non-banded