List of rock types

This page is intended as a list of all rock types.

[edit] A

A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. Diameter of view is 8 cm.

Amphibolite

Andesite

Anorthosite

Anthracite

Aplite

Argillite

Arkose

[edit] B

Banded iron formation

Basalt

Basanite

Blueschist

Boninite

Breccia

[edit] C

Bituminous coal seam in West Virginia

Carbonatite

Cataclasite

Chalk

Charnockite

Chert

Claystone

Coal

Conglomerate

Coquina

[edit] D

Dacite

Diabase

Diatomite

Diamictite

Diorite

Dolerite

Dolomite

Dunite

Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco

[edit] E

Eclogite

Enderbite

Epidiorite

Epidosite

Essexite

Evaporite

[edit] F

Felsite

Flint

Foidolite

Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss

[edit] G

Gabbro

Ganister

Gneiss

Gossan

Granite

Granodiorite

Granophyre

Granulite

Greywacke

Greenschist

Greenstone

Gritstone

Gypsum

[edit] H

Harzburgite

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Hyaloclastite

[edit] I

Ignimbrite

Ijolite

Limey shale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

[edit] J

Jadeitite

Jasperoid

Jaspillite

[edit] K

Kimberlite

Komatiite

[edit] L

Lamproite

Lamprophyre

Larvikite

Latite

Lignite

Litchfieldite

Lherzolite

Limestone

Marble

Luxullianite

[edit] M

Mangerite

Marble

Marl

Migmatite

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mudstone

Mylonite

[edit] N

Nepheline syenite

Nephelinite

Norite

Novaculite

[edit] O

Phyllite

Obsidian

Oil shale

Oolite

[edit] P

Pegmatite

Pelite

Peridotite

Phonolite

Phyllite

Picrite

Quartzite

Porphyry

Psammite

Pseudotachylite

Pumice

Pyroclastic rock

Pyrolite

Pyroxenite

[edit] Q

Quartzite

Quartz diorite

Quartz monzonite

[edit] R

Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York

Rapakivi granite

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

Rhomb porphyry

[edit] S

Sandstone

Schist

Scoria

Serpentinite

Shale

Siltstone

Skarn

Slate

Slate

Soapstone

Syenite

[edit] T

Tachylyte

Taconite

Tephrite

Theralite

Tonalite

Trachyte

Troctolite

Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy

Trondhjemite

Tuff

Turbidite

[edit] U

Unakite

[edit] V

Variolite

[edit] W

Wackestone

Websterite

Wehrlite

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

[edit] See also

• List of minerals
• List of stone
• Mineralogy
• Mineraloid
• Petrology
• Rock
• Rock formation: for a list of unusual or culturally significant rock outcrops.
• Metamorphic rock
• Igneous rock
• Sedimentary rock

[edit] External links

• British Geological Survey
• Igneous rock classification
• Classification of common rocks and soils
• Metamorphic Rock Classification
• Volcanic rocks