Rock Revision Flash Cards

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Top of Mountains Quartzite
Heat & Pressure Metamorphic Rock
Pure White when pure Limestone
Calcium Carbonate Limestone
Rebel Red found in Cork Marble
Studies Rocks Geologist
Cork / Kerry Mountains Sandstone
Green Marble Connemara
Hexagonal Shape Basalt
Squashed Compressed
Layer in rock Strata
Feldspar Is contained in this rock Granite
Means Fire Igneous
Formed under the earth's crust Intrusive
Glued Cemented
Silica Sandstone
Lets water through Permeable
Most popular rock!! 31/32 counties Limestone
Location of a black crystalline rock Kilkenny
Wicklow Mountains contain this volcanic rock Granite
Lava cools and becomes solid Solidified
Use of Basalt Road surfaces
Uses of marble Fireplaces Tiles Statues
Limestone is useful to farmers....Why? Soil Conditioner on the land
A map that shows rocks Geological map
Horizontal crack in limestone Bedding plane
Vertical crack in limestone Joint
Full name for calcium in limestone Calcium Carbonate
Colour of the rock in the Cork/Kerry Mts Yellow /Brown / Red
A rock used for garden paving Sandstone
Basalt
Granite
Sandstone
Marble
Quartzite
Burren
Giants Causeway
Limestone
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