Specimens

Pegmatite is igneous rock similar to granite but with larger crystals.

Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.

Scoria is a dark-colored rock formed from lava with a high gas content.

Quartzite is hard, non-foliated rock formed from metamorphosed quartz sandstones.

Pink Gneiss is foliated pink and black bands of biotite.

Slaty metamorphic rock containing hematite giving it its red color.

Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".

Gray to white metamorphosed carbonate rock.

Soapstone is a talc-schist primarily composed of talc.

Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.

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