List of rocks - Definition and Overview

This page is intended as a list of all rock types.

Sorted by name: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -- See also

A

Amphibolite

Andesite

Anorthosite

Aplite

B

Banded iron formation

Basalt

Basanite

Blueschist

Breccia

C

Calcflinta

Carbonatite

Charnockite

Chert

Clay

Coal

Concretion

Conglomerate

Coquina

D

Dacite

Diatomite

Diorite

Dolomite

Dunite

E

Eclogite

Epidiorite

Epidosite

Evaporite

F

Flint

Foidolite

G

Gabbro

Geode

Gneiss

Granite

Granodiorite

Granophyre

Granulite

Greywacke

Greenschist

Greenstone

Greenstone belts

H

Harzburgite (variety of peridotite).

Horneblendite

Hornfels

I

Ignimbrite

J

K

Kimberlite

L

Lamprophyre

Latite

Lherzolite (variety of peridotite).

Limestone

Luxullianite

M

Marble

Marl

Migmatite

Monzonite

Mudstone

N

Nephelinite

O

Obsidian

Ophiolite

P

Pegmatite

Peridotite

Petoskey stone

Phonolite

Phyllite

Pumice

Pyroclastic rocks

Pyroxenite (variety of peridotite).

Q

Quartzite

R

Rhyolite

S

Sand

Sandstone

Schist

Serpentinite

Shale

Skarn

Slate

Syenite

T

Taconite

Tephrite

Tonalite

Trachyte

Tourmalinite

Trondhjemite

Tuffite

U

V

W

Webbsterite

Wehrlite

X

Y

Z

See also

• List of minerals
• List of stone
• mineralogy
• mineraloid
• petrology
• rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock