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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

    Unknown

Mineral key
Fossil key
Helpful Books

  
Unknown rock
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Your rock is a bit of a puzzle! Why not try all of the rock keys, mineral keys and fossil keys to see if you can find you rock? If you need more help you could take your rock to a local museum, do some research at your local library or search the Virtual Store which features lots of different rocks.

Click here to search the Virtual Store