Axia College Material Appendix G
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Appendix G
Igneous Rock Identification
Full Name
Date
Analyze the pictures of the five mountains. Find as many features as possible and type
in the details in the table under. Based on the noticed features, determine every
specimen in the final column on the table. You might want to make reference to Table
4.1 of Geoscience Lab (p. 81). Send the finished Appendix in the Personal forum.
Mountain Specimen
2.
1.
3. 4.
5.
Rock Identification
Sample number shade feel Identifiable Characteristics Mountain Name
IIntermediary
Porphyritic
Pyroclastic
Vesicular
Very Dim
Crude
Pale
Fine
Flat
Dim
x x x x x Light tinted feldspar Porphyritic
‘floating’ in ocean of black basalt
fine textured medium
1. x x Dark gray / light, Diorite
feldspars, black
gerromagnesian
mineral deposits
2. x x Black volcanic Basalt
crystalline
3. x x Transparent quartz; stone
pink feldspars; black
ferromagnesian
mineral deposits
4. x x Sharp edges; Obsidian
conchoidal fracture;
dense glass; red to
black fabrics
5. x x Microscopic pores; Pumice
frosty glass; white /
light gray in color
