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Types of Rocks

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Type of Rock - Qualities - Examples

sedimentary created when pieces of rock are cemented together sandstone, through weathering processes limestone, shale
igneous formed by the cooling of magma inside or on the basalt, granite, surface of the earth obsidian
metamorphic formed under great pressure and high temperature slate, quartzite, within the upper crust or mantle of the earth marble



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