Chapter 3-Igneous Rocks
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Chapter 3-Igneous Rocks
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andesite
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/andesite.htm
http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/iceland/minerals/andesite.htm
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Lassen/20000927-Andesite-SRB_caption.html
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/ANDESITE/ANDESITE.html
http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/gallery/amygdaloidal_andesite_lava.jpg
http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/tours/rockmin/andesite.shtml
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Thumblinks/Andesite_page.html
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/andesite.html
anorthosite
http://www.denelder.com/crystals/anorthosite.html
http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/anorthosite1.html
http://www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/piedmont.html
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/earth/igneous.htm
basalt
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Igrocks/Igrock2.html
http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/iceland/minerals/basalt.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/basalt.htm
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/basalt.html
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/BASALT/BASALT.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/rocks_pics/basalt.jpg
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/basalt.html
basalt-pillow
lava
basalt-vesicular
http://geoweb.tamu.edu/faculty/herbert/bigbend/ig/d8b.jpg
http://www.smu.edu/geothermal/temperat/frames/lithology_effect.htm
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/meteorwrongs/vesicles.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousTextures/7VesicularAmygdaloidal.html
Bowen’s reaction series
http://www.digistar.mb.ca/minsci/ug/bowen.htm
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/geol/0110/Bowens.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/geo117/bowens.html
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~jdl1/minerals.list.html#anchor742776
dacite
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Igrocks/Igrock4.html
http://nativeway.safewebshop.com/dacite.html
http://www.gly.uga.edu/petrology/redoubt/Dacite.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Notes/dacite.html
http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/glossary/dacite-en.html
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/dacite.html
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~jdl1/web.page.images/dacite1.html
diabase
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Notes/diabase.html
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/diabase.html
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/geo/lgsmfv.html
http://www.rocks-rock.com/diabase.html
http://www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/mesozoic_dikes.html
http://www.guilford.edu/original/academic/geology/imagelibrary/wards1-100_page2.htm
diorite
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/DIORITE/DIORITE.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/diorite.htm
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/diorite.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/diorite.htm
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/diorite.html
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/diorite.html
http://www.geosci.ipfw.edu/GeoGarden/sample-11.html
http://www.rocks-rock.com/diorite.html
http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/IgnRx/Diorite-3A1.html
dunite
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/dunite.html
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9416/sisyphus/HSphotos/dunite.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunite
gabbro
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/GABBRO/GABBRO.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/gabbro.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Igrocks/Igrock8.html
http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/iceland/minerals/gabbro.htm
http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/igneous/gabbro.htm
http://www.geosci.ipfw.edu/GeoGarden/sample-02.html
http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/07/02/021/igneous.htm
http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/virt_egg/gabbro.htm
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/plutonic-micro%7F/hypgabbro.X.html
granite
http://www.findstone.com/BRAgran1.htm
http://www.state.nh.us:80/images/strock.gif
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/granite.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/images.html
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/cont_lithosphere.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/definition.html
http://www.findstone.com/daniel1.htm
granite-intrusion
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/tmg.html
granite-links
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/otherpics.html
granodiorite
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/granodiorite.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001CD/finalprogram/abstract_3701.htm
igneous rocks-classification
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/igrockclassif.htm
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/igenous.htm
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/IgRxChart.html
http://home.att.net/~cochrans/ignrok01.htm
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/IGNEOUS_TOUR.html
igneous rocks-overviews
http://www.guilford.edu/original/academic/geology/imagelibrary/wards1-100_page2.htm
http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/gallery.htm
http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo004/chapt03.html
http://ruby.colorado.edu/~smyth/G1010-04.html
igneous rocks-microtextures
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~jdl1/web.page.images/texture.name.html
igneous rocks-thin sections
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/volcanic-micro/volcanicmicro.html
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~ryan/rocks.html
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~jdl1/web.page.images/rocks.html
intrusive igneous rocks-overviews
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/INTRUSIVE/INTRUSIVE.html
http://www.burdon.demon.co.uk/g7-2.htm
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~jdl1/web.page.images/rocks.html
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/geology/8361/2000/peter/intrusives.htm
intrusive
igneous rocks-microtextures
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/plutonic-micro%7F/plutonicmicro.html
latite
http://www.guilford.edu/original/academic/geology/imagelibrary/wards1-100_page2.htm
lithophysa-thundereggs
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/collecti.htm
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/thndregg.htm
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/whatarel.htm
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/wherarel.htm
monzonite
http://geology.csupomona.edu/docs/stop6-5.htm
http://www.nps.gov/blca/webvc/quartz_monz.htm
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9053591
http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/IgnRx/Monzon-1A1.html
obsidian
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/RocksandMinerals/obsidian.html
http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/mineralo/obsidian/obsidian.htm
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/obsidian.html
obsidian-Apache tears
http://www.greatsouth.net/p-M190.html
http://www.arkansascrystalworks.com/apache.htm
http://natures-emporium.com/apachetears1.html
obsidian-mahogany obsidian
http://www.precious-pebbles.com/images/mahagony.jpg
obsidian-snowflake obsidian
http://www.gemhut.com/snwobs.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Igrocks/Igrock7.html
pegmatite
http://www.geology.neab.net/locality/godkarra.htm
http://mtlilygems.com/mineinfo/mossinfo.html
http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/mineral/101intro/slides/plutonic/slide4.htm
http://www.geosci.ipfw.edu/GeoGarden/sample-03.html
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/Pegmatite.html
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockgem/articles/pegmatites.html
pegmatite
minerals
http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/samerica.htm
peridotite
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/sciops/labs/thinsec/peridotite.html
http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/iceland/minerals/peridot.htm
http://www.volcanolive.com/peridotite.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/peridotite.htm
http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/depts/science/earth/smith/smith1.htm
http://www.dges.tohoku.ac.jp/museum/rcgal36.html
perlite
http://www.greatsouth.net/p-M190.html
http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photoperlite.html
http://www.uni.edu/~andersow/tertiarytime.htm
http://www.schundler.com/hort.htm
http://www.idahominerals.com/description.htm
http://www.perlite.info/hbk/0034409.htm
phonolite
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/devils_tower.html
pitchstone
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/onlinedb/maccull/loc_img.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/pitchstone.htm
http://www.mmem.spschools.org/grade3science/3F.r&m/pitchobs.htm
plutonic
rocks- thin sections
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/plutonic-micro%7F/plutonicmicro.html
porphyry
http://www.lamarstone.com.sg/english.htm
http://gemoc.anu.edu.au/course/geol3007/magmatic-hydrothermal.htm
porphyry-phenocrysts
http://www.geology-guy.com/snowflake.htm
pumice
http://www.lava.gr/uk/text-2.html
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/RocksandMinerals/pumice.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Igrocks/Igrock10.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/pumice.htm
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pumice.html
rhyolite
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/RHYOLITE/RHYOLITE.html
http://www.rocks-rock.com/rhyolite.html
http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/glossary/rhyolite-en.html
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/rhyolite.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/rhyolite.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcano_types/caldera.htm
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/rhyolite.html
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/rhyolite.html
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/volcanic-micro/rhyolite.X.html
scoria
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Tephra/description_tephra.html
syenite
http://mmsd1.mms.nrcan.gc.ca/mmsd/producers/factsheets/nepheline_syenite_e.asp
http://www.saint-hilaire.ca/sodasyen.htm
http://www.state.ar.us/agc/nephelin.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/science/geology/rocks/igneous/syenite.htm
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/syenite.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syenite
http://home.c2i.net/aolarsen/Pegmatites.htm
volcanic rocks-overviews
http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/igneous.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/rocks.html
