Some Practice with Classifying Rocks and Minerals

Determine the proper classification bins for the following rocks and minerals

Use these bins: foliated metamorphic rock, non-foliated metamorphic rock, intrusive igneous rock, extrusive igneous rock, detrital sedimentary rock, chemical sedimentary rock, silicate mineral, non-silicate mineral. Your spellings must be identical to these shown.

1. Slate is a(an)
2. Granite is a(an)
3. Shale is a(an)
4. Basalt is a(an)
5. Gneiss is a(an)
6. Halite is a(an)
7. Chert/flint is a(an)
8. Marble is a(an)
9. Conglomerate is a(an)
10. Olivine is a(an)
11. Gabbro is a(an)
12. Limestone is a(an)
13. Rhyolite is a(an)
14. Feldspar is a(an)
15. Sandstone is a(an)
16. Andesite is a(an) ck
17. Slate is a(an)
17. Rock gypsum is a(an)
19. Rock salt is a(an)
20. Gypsum is a(n)
20. Pyrite is a(n)