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Rock Identification
Modified from a PowerPoint presentation prepared by J. Crelling, Southern Illinois University
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Characterizing RocksCharacterizing Rocks
There are 3 major types of rocks
IGNEOUS – formed from molten magma
SEDIMENTARY – formed from sediment (mud, sand, shells, etc,)
METAMORPHIC – formed by applying heat and pressure to other existing rocks
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The Rock Cycle – a representation of the interrelationship between different types of rocks.
NOTE:How do rocks formed at depth (i.e. all except extrusive igneous) get exposed on the surface???
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Characterizing RocksCharacterizing Rocks
The three major characterizing features of The three major characterizing features of rocks are:rocks are:
• • ColourColour
•• Composition (Mineralogy/Chemistry)Composition (Mineralogy/Chemistry)
•• TextureTexture
Note: Even the most sophisticated Note: Even the most sophisticated geological classification schemes are geological classification schemes are based on these featuresbased on these features
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Characterising RocksCharacterising Rocks
Classification by ColourClassification by Colour
Colour Index (used mainly for igneous rocks)Colour Index (used mainly for igneous rocks)
• • Leucocratic – light colourLeucocratic – light colour • • Mesocratic – intermediate colourMesocratic – intermediate colour • • Melanocratic – dark colourMelanocratic – dark colour
and/orand/or • • Felsic – rich in light coloured mineralsFelsic – rich in light coloured minerals • • Mafic – rich in dark coloured mineralsMafic – rich in dark coloured minerals
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Igneous RocksIgneous Rocks
Textures of Igneous RocksTextures of Igneous Rocks
•• Aphanitic – fine-grained. Individual grains Aphanitic – fine-grained. Individual grains can’t be seen with naked eyecan’t be seen with naked eye
•• PhaneriticPhaneritic - grains easily seen with the - grains easily seen with the naked naked eyeeye
•• Porphyritic – larger grains in finer grainsPorphyritic – larger grains in finer grains •• Inclusions Inclusions
> > XenolithsXenoliths
>> Xenocrysts Xenocrysts
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Vesicular & Glassy Textures
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Xenoliths
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What % Si02??455266
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)?
Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)
Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Mineralogy?
Pink?
i.e. silicic v mafic
Grey vitreous?
Black shiny?
K feldspar
Quartz
Biotitemica
Granite
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A quicker way?– pink crystals, coarse grained – granite
(then check for other minerals to be sure)
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…plenty of quartz… but no / not much K feldspar…
Granodiorite
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)?
Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)
Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Mineralogy?
Dark?
i.e. silicic v mafic
white?
Mafic (pyroxene or amphibole) Plagioclase
feldspar
GabbroNot easy!! – are these green or grey?
I think pale green!! – so…Olivine
…but if grey Quartz
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)?
Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)
Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
i.e. silicic v mafic
Rhyolite So what is it?
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Flow banding texture – distinctive rhyolite
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)?
Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)
Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Basalt So what is it?
Larger crystals called??
phenocrysts…white, so… ??Plagioclase feldsparNB – story?... Think Bowen’s Reaction series…
These aren’t crystals (round – bubble-shaped!)
amygdales (infilled vesicles)
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What are the holes??Vesicles
Colour?
mesocraticso… ??andesiteBUT… What are the GREEN phenocrysts?
Olivine!! So can’t be andesite
So… Thinking of magma differentiation, what’s the story here, maybe?Mafic magma…Erupted before olivine could be reabsorbed into melt…Melt will be relatively depleted in Mg,Fe so…lighter coloured than usual??
Basalt (vesicular
basalt)
So what is it?
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)?
Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)
Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Dolerite So what is it?
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Looks pretty light-coloured – and obviously course-grained
Whereas what’s here???Plagioclase feldspar and mafics…Diorite
So what is it?
So might think ‘granite’… BUT…What minerals would you expect?K feldspar and quartz for a start….
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)? Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Andesite So what is it?
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)? Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Andesite So what is it?
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Colour?Leucocratic (light)?
Melanocratic (dark)?
Mesocratic (medium)? Grain size / Texture?
Phaneritic (coarse)Aphanitic (fine)?
Medium?
Andesite So what is it?
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Yep, they’re all
andesite!!
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Glassy texture, black coloured… so…
obsidian
Super-cooled – so no time for crystals to
form – usually when erupted into water
How formed?
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Volcanic glass is chemically unstable – out of equilibrium with surface temperatures – so begins to
crystallise (de-vitrify) – snowflake obsidian
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If you see this rock, just note the large green crystals ??olivine
…so it’s peridotite (ultramafic) – not dark black as you might expect
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Mantle xenoliths in basalt
What’s this?
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Pegmatite
What’s this? (look at the
massive crystals)
Forms when late-stage volatiles are injected into country rock when granite batholith is mostly crystallised
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With many thanks to:
•The original author – someone from University of Massachusetts!
•Additional photos from Roger Weller, Conchise College, Arizona: http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/rocks/igrocksL.htm