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- Determine the color (indicates mineral composition)
- Determine the texture (indicates cooling history)
- Phaneritic = large grains.
- Aphanitic = small grains (too small to identify withthenaked eye)
- Porphyritic = fine grains mixed with larger grains.
- Vesicular = holes.
- Glassy = glass-like.
Herein, how can you tell what kind of rock you have?
There are three main categories of rocks,whichare defined by how the rocks are formed.Sedimentaryrock is often found in layers. One way totell if arock sample is sedimentary is to see if itis made fromgrains. Some samples of sedimentary rocksinclude limestone,sandstone, coal and shale.
Regarding this, what is the texture of igneous rocks?
There are nine main types of igneousrocktextures: Phaneritic, vesicular, aphanitic,porphyritic,poikilitic, glassy, pyroclastic, equigranular, andspinifex. Eachkind of texture has a variety of differentcharacteristicsthat make them unique.
Classifying Rocks. Rocksareclassified as either Igneous, Sedimentary, orMetamorphic.Igneous rocks are formed by volcanic activity.They areclassified further by their origin, texture, andmineralcomposition.