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Rocks and Minerals Samples
Rockin' Out has access to a large and varied rock sample collection. Click to learn what kind of rock or mineral each sample is.

Obsidian
Igneous

Petrified Wood-Arizona Forest Sample
Sedimentary

Petrified Wood
Sedimentary

Mylonite
Metamorphic - Gneiss

Sandstone
Sedimentary - Evidence of laminar bedding

Granite

Dunite
Igneous - Mantle rock composed of 90% olivine. Black dots of chromite.

Gneiss
Metamorphic

Chalk
Sedimentary

Kyanite and Quartz
Metamorphic mineral - High pressure regime forms kyanite

Jasper
Sedimentary - Type of silica (chert plain, agate multicolor)

Malachite
Mineral - Copper ore

Pyrite
Mineral - Fool's gold

Quartzite
Metamorphic - Metamorphosed sandstone

Ash Conglomerate
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