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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
        Rock  
          colour key
        Pale rock key
        Limestone
        Chalk
        Unknown 
            pale rock
       Dark rock key
        Clay
        Ironstone
        Coal
        Unknown 
            dark rock
       
    Igneous
    Metamorphic
    Unknown
Mineral key
Fossil key
 Helpful books

     

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Sedimentary rock key - what colour is the rock?

Choose the description below that most closely fits the colour of your sedimentary rock.

thumbnail image of limestone linking to the sedimentary rock pale colour key

                                                                     

thumbnail image of coal linking to sedimentary rock dark colour key

White, light grey or cream


Brown, dark grey or black