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Igneous |
Formed when hot, molten volcanic material cools down and becomes solid |
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Sedimentary |
Formed from compressed remains of animals, plants and rocks |
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Metamorphoic |
Formed when igneousa or sedimentary rocks change due to great heat or pressure |
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Granite (igneous) |
Hard, coarse, multicoloured rock Form ed when magma cools deep within the earths core./large crytals have time to form Found in wicklow mountains |
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Basalt (igneous) |
Heavy, black rock Formed when lava is cooled on the earths surface Found in giants causeway |
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Sandstone (sedimentary) |
Brown/red coarse rock Large amount of sand are worn from th earths crust, carried away by rivers or wind and deposited on the beds of seas or lakes,compressed and cemented together Found in macgillys cuddys reeks |
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Limestone (sedimentary) |
Sandy colour. Formed when skeletons are cemented together by sea water Found in GPO O' Connell Street |
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Marble (metamorphic) |
Hard crystalline rock. White, green, red or black in colour Formed wehen limestone change to marble due to great heat or pressure Found in rashlin island |
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Quartzite (metamorpohic) |
Light-coloured hard rock Sandstone changes to quartzite due to great heat or pressure Found in howth dublin |
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Lithification |
Turning sediments into stone |
