ESEU - Earth Science Education Unit - Virtual Rock Kit

ESEU virtual rock kit - click on a rock to see it in different views (exposure, hand specimen, close-up, thin section, x-polars and rock in use)

Sedimentary rocks

Igneous rocks

Metamorphic rocks

conglomerate

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slate

marble

Carboniferous
sandstone

Triassic sandstone

basalt

microgranite

schist

metaquartzite

fossiliferous limestone

fossiliferous
limestone

oolitic limestone

oolitic limestone

gabbro

granite

gneiss

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Where were the
photographs taken?

peridotite

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Help! What views of these
rocks can I see? What do
exposure, hand specimen,
close-up, thin section, x-polars
and rock in use mean?