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THE ROCK CYCLE

IGNEOUS ROCK SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Mud Brown coloring
Pyroxene
crystal Dark groundmass from iron oxides Ammonite
Coarse- pyroxene (matrix) shell embedded
grained crystal Fine-
Olivine texture grained in rock
crystal texture
Ammonite
shell
Plagioclase
feldspar

PHOTOMICROGRAPH PIECE OF
Mountain OF GABBRO GABBRO PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF PIECE OF SHELLY
SHELLY LIMESTONE LIMESTONE
Glacier erodes rocks METAMORPHIC ROCK
and carries rock Garnet crystal Wavy
particles to river (pink) Red garnet
crystal foliation
Quartz and
Waterfall feldspar crystals
erodes rock
(gray)
River erodes valley
floor and carries rock
particles downstream PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF PIECE OF GARNET-
GARNET-MICA SCHIST MICA SCHIST
Rock particles deposited
as sediment in lake
Rock particles deposited by
wind to form sand dunes
Rock particles
deposited in delta
Heavier rock
particles deposited
on continental shelf

Continental
shelf

Continental
slope
Lighter rock particles
collect on ocean floor to
form layers of sediment
Layers of sediment compressed and
cemented to form sedimentary rock

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