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There are three main types of rocks found on earth and they are;
Igneous: are intrusive rocks that have come up from with the mantle or the earths crust. For instance a granite is an intrusive or extrusive rock that was either erupted (extrusive) from a volcano or but brought up in a magma chamber (intrusive), whilst a basalt is a lava flow and is volcanic.
Sedimentary: is rock made from sediment being deposited over millions of years and then hardened under pressure, temperature and diagenesis. A sandstone or a mudstone are the best examples of sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rocks are divided in to two different groups siliciclastic rocks and carbonate rocks.
Metamorphic: are any of the two previous rock types that have had either there physical or chemical structure changed due to pressure or temperature. An example of this is for sedimentary rock a sandstone is metamorphosed into a quartzite and for igneous rocks a granite is metamorphosed into a gneiss.
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How many types of granite rocks?
hoe many types of granite rocks are there
Name the three types of rocks?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are the three main types of rocks. Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of molten rock, sedimentary rocks from the accumulation of sediment, and metamorphic rocks from the transformation of existing rocks under heat and pressure.
What are all types of rocks?
Terrestrial rocks and extraterrestrial rocks.
What types of rocks are in a volcano?
igneous rocks
What the types of sediments that often create sedimentary rocks?
There are four types of sediments that create sedimentary rocks. The fours types of rocks are sandstone, mudrocks, biochemical and chemical.
What types of rocks are found in NC?
Metamorphic rocks and Sedimentary rocks.
What are all types of sedimantary rocks?
Terrestrial rocks and extraterrestrial rocks.
What types of rocks are found in volcanoes?
igneous rocks,sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
What are the 4 types of sedimentary rocks?
There are only 3 types of sedimentary rocks and they are...Clastic RocksChemical RocksOrganic rocks
What types of rocks and minerals are there on mars?
there are all three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
What are the types of rocks found in Saskatchewan?
sedimentary rocks
What rocks do deer eat?
The deer eat all the three types of rocks. The three types of rocks that the dear eat include the igneous, metamorphic and the sedimentary rocks.
