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Earth Science Practical: Rock Identification & Analysis

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Practical
Fundamental to Earth and Environmental Sciences
(GLG101)
Look around and collect a sandstone, conglomerate, breccia or mudrock.
Use the following table to discribe the physical and chemical properties
of the rock you collected. Also deduce the depostional environment and
name of the rock unit.
Name………………………..………………………………………………..
Student no……………………………………………………………………..
Textural properties
Mineralogical properties
Name of the rock
Suggest the depositional
environment of this type of rock
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