The Rocks & Minerals Challenge Game
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Rock Identification by Picture and Attribute
Explorers! Before you begin your journey, you need to recognize these geological specimens.
Begin by selecting one of the specimens pictured.
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Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Name: Rhyolite
Alternate Specimen(s)
Fichter, Lynn S.
James Madison University
Classification: Igneous
Texture/Color:
aphanitic/ most often pink
Minerals Present:
quartz, othoclase, muscovite, biotite, plagioclase, amphibole
Intrusive or Extrusive?
Extrusive
About this rock:
Silica-rich lava. Rhyolite is most often found in volcanoes from continental interiors and some subduction zone volcanoes.
Igneous
Sedimentary