Ask-a-Geologist: Rock Types
Question: What are the three big groups of rocks?
Filed under: earth science, geology, minerals, rocks on November 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
Today we are Sedimentary Sleuthing!
Teach your children about sedimentary rocks with this cool Sedimentary Sleuthing kit. Your kit comes complete with six cool sedimentary rock samples: lignite coal, sedimentary breccia, conglomerate, fossiliferous limestone, yellow sandstone and shale.
Filed under: earth science, geology, minerals, rocks on November 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
The Rock Cycle – Dig Into Geology
One of the most interesting topics in geology is the Rock Cycle. The Rock Cycle is the method by which minerals are made into sedimentary and igneous rocks, which are then made into metamorphic rocks. The cycle continues when all of these sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks break down into mineral and small rock pieces [...]
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