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    The document is an identification flow chart for igneous rocks. It provides a decision tree to identify rocks based on their texture, color, and special features. The chart lists 14 different igneous rock types that can be identified through this process including obsidian, basalt, pumice, rhyolite, andesite, gabbro, granite, and others.

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    The document is an identification flow chart for igneous rocks. It provides a decision tree to identify rocks based on their texture, color, and special features. The chart lists 14 different igneous rock types that can be identified through this process including obsidian, basalt, pumice, rhyolite, andesite, gabbro, granite, and others.

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    The document is an identification flow chart for igneous rocks. It provides a decision tree to identify rocks based on their texture, color, and special features. The chart lists 14 different igneous rock types that can be identified through this process including obsidian, basalt, pumice, rhyolite, andesite, gabbro, granite, and others.

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    The document is an identification flow chart for igneous rocks. It provides a decision tree to identify rocks based on their texture, color, and special features. The chart lists 14 different igneous rock types that can be identified through this process including obsidian, basalt, pumice, rhyolite, andesite, gabbro, granite, and others.

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    Igneous Rock

    Identification Flow Chart


    TEXTURE COLOR SPECIAL FEATURES ROCK NAME

    Looks like glass OBSIDIAN

    Dark Gray, Green, Looks like glass with patches of white, SNOWFLAKE
    Black circular needle-like crystals OBSIDIAN

    Heavy BASALT

    No Crystals or Can be yellow/orange; may be medium


    CARBONATITE
    Fine Grained grained

    Light weight, lots of tiny holes, floats PUMICE

    Light Gray, Pink,


    Red, Yellow, Tan

    Light weight, lots of tiny holes, sinks SCORIA

    Mostly fine grained, a few larger crystals


    RHYOLITE
    may be seen

    Gray, Green, Brown, Larger grains are all about the same
    TRACHYTE
    White & some Black size
    Igneous Rock to Identify

    Two Grains sizes /


    Light to dark gray,
    Larger crystals Larger grains are all about the same
    brown to black, ANDESITE
    surrounded by fine size
    reddish pink or green
    grains

    Larger grains can be different sizes and


    Gray-Green VOLCANIC BRECCIA
    have sharp points

    Smaller grains than other dark rocks.


    PERIDOTITE
    Usually solid black to dark green.

    All or mostly Dark Contains mostly (more than half) dark


    GABBRO
    Gray, Black, Green crystals and only a few light crystals

    Has about half dark crystals and half


    DIORITE
    light crystals (looks more dark)

    Lots of quartz in rock (samples in Mini


    GRANITE
    Me kits are often Red)
    Light or Dark Gray,
    Medium to Coarse
    White, Red, Yellow,
    Grained
    & some black
    Little quartz in rock MONZONITE

    Has smaller grains than other light


    SYENITE
    colored rocks. Some black minerals.

    White, Light Gray,


    Pink, Violet, some Easy to see medium grains ANORTHOSITE
    black

    Very large, rounded, crystals of different


    PEGMATITE
    types of minerals

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