Tabulated Data:

Physical
Rock Sample Classification
property/app
No./Picture of Rock
earance

Diorite It is a dark coloured

rock, usually medium
to dark grey, Igneous
containing many mafic
crystals.

Granite This mineral

composition usually
gives granite a red, pink,
gray, or white color with Igneous
dark mineral grains
visible throughout the
rock.

Hornfels
Generally grey to black,
but can form in a
variety of colours metamorphic
dependent on parent
rock composition.
Phyllite
Usually gray, black, or
greenish in color and
often weathers to a
Metamorphic
tan or brown.

Chalk
Usually white or light
gray in color. It is
Sedimentary
extremely porous,
permeable, soft and
friable.
 A. It is more concentrated
than rock or minerals.

B. Chemical weathering is when

the rocks have been broken
down by chemical reactions.

C. The moisture holding

ability is very beneficial for
loose soils, yet it acts to
loosen heavy clay soils at the
same time.