The Rocks & Minerals Challenge Game
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Review Minerals by Pictures and Attribute
Rocks: Drag & Drop -Identify by Name
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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: Scoria
Alternate
Specimen(s)
Fichter, Lynn S.
James Madison University
Classification: Igneous
Texture/Color:
vesicular/ most often reddish black
Minerals Present:
cannot tell from hand sample
Intrusive or Extrusive?
extrusive
About this rock:
Lava, commonly basaltic.
Igneous
Sedimentary