COOL  ROCKS  &  MINERALS

ROCKS  FROM  OUTER  SPACE  &  IMPACT  EVENTS

DECORATIVE  STONES

GOLD  ORES

ROCKS  FROM  OPHIOLITES

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IGNEOUS  ROCKS

CARBONATITES VOLCANIC  ROCKS

KIMBERLITES  &  LAMPROITES

STILLWATER  COMPLEX KOMATIITES

  Norwegian LARVIKITE ANORTHOSITES

  California LITHIA  PEGMATITE   Russian AGPAITE

GRAPHIC GRANITE      New Zealand DUNITE

  Greenland KAKORTOKITE PIKE’S  PEAK  GRANITE

  African CHROMITITES Colorado PYROXENITE

  Canadian EUDIALYTIC  SYENITE

  Canadian  SODALITE-AEGIRINE-ALBITE  PEGMATITE

  South African GARNET  LHERZOLITE

  Australian SPINEL  LHERZOLITE        Texas LLANITE

  Brazilian BEBEDOURITE  &  UGANDITE

  Canadian BLAIRMORITE      Butte, Montana COPPER  ORE

  Antarctic ALKALINE  PICRITE      Ontario NICKEL ORE

  Wisconsin VOLCANOGENIC  MASSIVE  SULFIDE

  German OLIVINE  MELILITITE  LAPILLISTONE

  Canadian NEPHELINE  SYENITE

  Rhode Island CUMBERLANDITE

Colorado MOLYBDENUM  ORE     Wyoming NELSONITE

British MYNYDD  PRESELI  DOLERITE

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SEDIMENTARY  ROCKS

WITWATERSRAND CONGLOMERATE TIDALITES

Snowball Earth RHYTHMITES PHOSPHORITES

BANDED  IRON  FORMATIONS  (BIFs)

CLINKER  BED  BRECCIA ISUA, GREENLAND  BIF

SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES Dead Sea SALT

  Kenyan LACUSTRINE  CHEMICAL  CHERT

  Ontario KOMATIITE-PEBBLE  CONGLOMERATE

  South African MANGANESE  ORE

Tasmanian TASMANITE  OIL  SHALE

  Canadian SEDEX  SILVER-LEAD-ZINC  ORE

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METAMORPHIC  ROCKS

ACASTA  GNEISS (this used to be the Earth's oldest rock)

  Australian ALBITITE                    Afghanistan LAPIS  LAZULI

  North Carolina METADUNITE

                                                            Ontario “MADOCITE”

TECTONIC  BRECCIAS

             Allamoore, Texas TALC

  Alaskan GARNET  SCHIST

                                                    Nevada & Greek SKARNS

MANHATTAN  SCHIST

                                                            Greek CORUNDITE

  Greenland GREENLANDITE

  New Jersey FRANKLIN  MARBLE & ZINC ORE

  (with photos showing mineral fluorescence)

  Brazilian SODALITE  METASYENITE

ECLOGITES RETROGRADE  ECLOGITES

  Greek GLAUCOPHANE SCHIST

  Australian TOURMALINITE  SILVER  ORE

  Nevada METASOMATIZED  PORPHYRITIC  GRANITE

  Ontario TACTITE                           Tanzania ANYOLITE

  California BENITOITE-NEPTUNITE  VEIN  IN  BLUESCHIST

  Siberian CHAROITITE

  Japanese CHERRY  BLOSSOM  STONES

  Burmese JADE Turkish PURPLE JADE

Greenland “NUUMMITE”

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MINERALS

Siberian SPERRYLITE       Sudbury SULFIDES

  Venezuelan GOLD  CRYSTAL

  Arizona AZURITIC  BRECCIA     Australian GLENDONITE

  Australian GREEN  ORTHOCLASE

  Nevada REALGAR  &  PARAREALGAR

Russian MOONSTONE

Ohio PYRITE VUG IN DOLOSTONE

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ODDS & ENDS

  Polish SCHALENBLENDE

  Utah GILSONITE CONCRETIONS

  East Pacific seafloor MANGANESE  NODULES

MOQUI  MARBLE  CONCRETIONS

CARBONADO DIAMONDITE

  “LIESEGANG  BANDING”

CONE-IN-CONE  STRUCTURES Oregon JOSEPHINITE

  East Pacific Rise BLACK  SMOKER  CHIMNEY  ROCK

NORMAL FAULT & REVERSE FAULT

VOLKHOVITES                          Nevada OPALITE

HAILSTONES CAVE  BOXWORK

DIFFERENTIAL  WEATHERING  &  EROSION

SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING

GLACIAL  GROOVES GEYSERITE

HYALITE  OPAL

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