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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
 Rock, mineral or 
    fossil?
Rock key
    Sedimentary
     Igneous
     
    Metamorphic
         Marble / 
            quartzite
        Crystal 
            band key
        Gneiss / 
            schist
        Layers key
        Slate
        Unknown 
         metamorphic

    Unknown
Mineral key
Fossil key
 Helpful books

     

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Metamorphic rocks - Crystal band key 


Does your specimen have bands of light and dark crystals?

thumbnail image of gneiss linking to further information about gneiss

                                                                     

thumbnail image of marble linking to the metamorphic layers key

Yes


No