Name: Ebunifeoluwani Deji-Adefila Date: 2/11/25
Investigating the Properties of Rocks
Examples of Descriptive Words:
Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Broken Striped Shiny Dull Light
Smooth Fossil Crystal Lumpy Flat Coral Rough Layered
Speckled Sharp Heavy Round Square One color Multi-colored
Spotted Dark
Directions:
1. You will be given a set of rocks to observe and share with your group. Choose any six rocks to observe and be
careful to keep the rocks in their separate boxes.
2. Record your observations in the table below. Be as descriptive as possible - remember qualitative observations
are just as important as quantitative observations.
Rock Type Rock Rock Name Composition Texture Other Picture
(Igneous, Number (Colors I can (Crystal size or descriptive
Sedimentary, See) Grain size) The words
Metamorphic) size, shape and
arrangement of
mineral grains
or crystals in
rock.
Igneous 13 Pitchstone Gray and green Medium grains, smooth with
and Light gray some jagged
edges
Igneous 8 Trachyte Gray beige and Coarse grains Bumpy with a
porphyry black lot of jagged
edges and
spotty
Igneous 2 Granite Pink and Gray Coarse-grained Crystals,
and slightly bumpy,
apricot mostly
smooth
edges
Igneous 12 Obsidian Black, Orange Tiny grains Smooth
Igneous 14 Pumice White, beige-ish Coarse-grains Rough
Igneous 3 Syenite White, Black, fine-grain Mostly rough
beige,yellow
Rock Type Rock Rock Name Composition Texture Other Picture
(Igneous, Number (Colors I can (Crystal size or descriptive
Sedimentary, See) Grain size) The words
Metamorphic) size, shape and
arrangement of
mineral grains
or crystals in
rock.
Metamorphic 5 Chlorite Schist Blue-gray, gray Fine-grained Mostly
smooth
Metamorphic 13 Serpentine White, green- Fine-grained Smooth with
Marble ish, beige, gray bumpy edges
spots
Metamorphic 6 Slate Black, gray, Fine-grained Smooth with
beige no jagged
edges
Metamorphic 3 Mica Schist Dark gray Coarse-grained Mostly
smooth with
limited jagged
edges
Metamorphic 2 Graphite Dark grey Fine-grained Smooth
Schist
Metamorphic 15 Hornfels Dark grey, fine-grained Smooth with
beige spots some bumpy
edges
Rock Type Rock Rock Name Composition Texture Other Picture
(Igneous, Number (Colors I can (Crystal size or descriptive
Sedimentary, See) Grain size) The words
Metamorphic) size, shape and
arrangement of
mineral grains
or crystals in
rock.
Sedimentary 12 Rock Gypsum White, Pearl Coarse-grained Bumpy, with
multiple
bumpy edges
Sedimentary 11 Dolomite Pearl, Beige Fine-grained Mostly
spots smooth, but
with some
bumpy edges
Sedimentary 8 Limestone Muted tan, Fine-grained Surprisingly
white spots smooth
Sedimentary 3 Sandstone Reddish, sienna Fine-grained Bumpy,
brown spots Rough
Sedimentary 15 Bituminous Pure black Medium-grained Bumpy, rough
Coal
Sedimentary 2 Banded Soft Red, Fine-grained Smooth in
Sandstone orange, muted some places,
pink bumpy edges
Rock Type Rock Phylum Period Locality Other Picture
FOSSILS Number descriptive
words
Fossils 13 Echinodermat Cretacous Wyoming Beige
a
Fossils 1 Arthropoda Cambrian Utah Black and
cracked
Fossils 5 Brachiopoda Devonian Ohio Beige, brown
Fossils 15 Chordata Shark tooth England Brown
Fossils 10 Mollusca Cephalopod Pennsylvania Grey
Fossils 8 Cnidaria Lophophyllidiu Nebraska Grayish beige
m
