rocks and rock cycle

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Rocks and The Rock

Cycle

3 Main Rock Types

3 Main Rock Types

Igneous

Igneous

Igneous

IGNEOUS---IntrusiveLarge Interlocking Crystals!!!

IGNEOUS---Intrusive Large Interlocking Crystals!

IGNEOUS---Intrusive Large Interlocking Crystals!

IGNEOUS---Intrusive Large Interlocking Crystals!

3 Main Rock Types

How to make a clasticsedimentary rock

Sedimentary

3 Main Rock Types

Metamorphic rocks form from HEAT&PRESSURE

Contact MetamorphismDeep underground, zones of metamorphism form around the hot magma of batholiths.L.Gardiner/Windows Original

Regional MetamorphismTectonic forces smash continents together. The rocks get heated and become semi-molten. The added pressure causes the mineral to separate into bands and sometime to even flow before cooling again!

The Rock Cycle

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