Loaner Kit

Rock Kit

Falls of the Ohio State Park

Inventory

(Subject to Change)

Igneous                                                        Location                                    

Intrusive (cooled magma)

1,A. “Granite” – two pieces                             New England                          

2. Granodiorite                                                New England                        

3. Pegmatite                                                   Ruggle’s mine, New Hampshire 

Extrusive (cooled lava)

4. Obsidian                                                     Western U.S.

5. Basalt porphyry                                           New England                                              

5A. Andesite porphyry                                     Unknown

6. Basalt                                                          Northern Massachusetts

7. Vesicular Basalt                                          Eagle Co., Colorado

8. Scoria                                                         Mt. Fuji, Japan                                            

9. Lamproite                                                   Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas

Sedimentary

10. Limestone (skeletal) – crinoid fossils      Bullitt Co., Kentucky

11. Limestone (chemical)                              Hardin Co., Illinois        

12. Dolostone (pebble)                                  Ohio River sediment

13. Shale (mudstone)                                    Northern Massachusetts

14. Shale (fissile)                                           Pennsylvania                                              

15. Siltstone (w/ green glauconite clay)        East of Lexington, Kentucky

16. Lake deposited volcanic ash                   Florissant, Colorado

17,A. Sandstone – two pieces                       New England (pebble), Hardin Co., Illinois

18. Conglomerate                                          New England                                              

19. Bituminous coal                                       Kentucky

Metamorphic

20. Phyllite                                                      New England                                              

21. Mica Schist                                               New England                                              

22. Hornblende Schist                                    New England                                              

23. Garnet – Mica – Feldspar Schist              New England                                              

24. Gneiss                                                      New England                                              

25. Quartzite                                                   New England                                              

26. Slate                                                          New England                                              

27. Anthracite coal                                          Pennsylvania

28. Marble                                                       Unknown

29. Greenstone                                               Lake Superior, Michigan   

Geological Features

30. Concretion (Chert)                                  Harrison Co., Indiana

31. Cone-in-cone                                           Jefferson Co., Kentucky

32. Chert (banded)                                         Unknown

33. Geode                                                      Indiana or Kentucky

34. Fractured metamorphic rock                   Lake Superior, Michigan