classification of rocks

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• Classification of minerals — This list gives an overview of the classification of minerals (non silicates) and includes mostly IMA recognized minerals and its groupings. This list complements the alphabetical list on List of minerals (complete) and List of minerals. Rocks,… …   Wikipedia

• felsic and mafic rocks — ▪ igneous rock       division of igneous rocks (mafic rock) on the basis of their silica content. Chemical analyses of the most abundant components in rocks usually are presented as oxides (oxide) of the elements; igneous rocks typically consist… …   Universalium

• TAS classification — The TAS classification can be used to assign names to many common types of volcanic rocks based upon the relationships between the combined alkali content and the silica content. These chemical parameters are useful, because the relative… …   Wikipedia

• Dunham classification — The Dunham classification system for carbonate sedimentary rocks was devised by Robert J. Dunham in 1964, and refined by Embry and Klovan in 1971 to include sediments that were organically bound during deposition. Contents 1 History 2 Dunham… …   Wikipedia

• Folk classification — The Folk classification, devised by R. L. Folk in 1959, is a technical descriptive classification of calcareous sedimentary rocks. It details the relative proportions of allochems in the rock and the type of matrix. The classification scheme… …   Wikipedia

• Chinese scholar's rocks — Yingde rocks, a type of scholar s rock Chinese 供石 …   Wikipedia

• Goldschmidt classification — The Goldschmidt classification, developed by Victor Goldschmidt, is a geochemical classification which groups the chemical elements according to their preferred host phases into lithophile (rock loving), siderophile (iron loving), chalcophile… …   Wikipedia

• Alternative taxonomical classification — Alternative taxonomical classifications are those which differ from the commonly accepted classifications in fundamental ways. One could say that every single classification system since Linnaeus has been alternative at some point, before it was… …   Wikipedia

• Rock cycle — rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are forced to change as they encounter new environments. The rock cycle is an illustration that explains how the 3 rock types are related to each other and how processes change from one type to another over… …   Wikipedia

• Igneous rock — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… …   Wikipedia