Thursday, October 16, 2008

Schist





any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement

Xenolith



a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded

Bleached Zone



the area around the tourmaline in a cats paw.

Pegmatite



a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes

Pluton



any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface

Solution pits- 33 4842 60 N 084 0886 00 W



when water gets in a low point of a rock and wears away at the rock and eventually forms a dent

Root Action- 33 4854 30 N 084 0922 70 W



Root Action is an example of Physical Weathering.