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Geology Rock Identification?

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1) What rock contains 60% quartz, 30% lithic fragments, 10% feldspar, and 5% amphibole and biotite?

2) Name a rock with phenocrysts. What is the phenocryst type? What is the composition? (felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic)

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  1. 1.Quartzite.

    2. Porphry, olivine phenocrysts, the composition is felsic.


  2. 1. A rock that cosists of more than 50% Quartz is generally quartzite. Other rocks and minerals also suggest a metamorphosed volcanic enviroment.

    2. Porphry is a rock with phenocrysts or olivine porphry is the proper term i.e. porphry with olivine phenocrysts (phenocryst type). The composition is felsic.

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