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Home Igneous Rocks - Shonkinite Basaltic Trachyandesite Comendite Fossil Rocks + Novaculite Sandstone Coal Metamorphic Rocks + Schist Marble Quartzite Durable Rocks + Novaculite Shonkinite Basaltic Trachyandesite Medium Grained Rocks + Schist Coal Marble × ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Top ADD ⊕ Compare ≡ Menu Compare Rocks Find ▼ Igneous Rocks Fossil Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Durable Rocks Medium Grained Rocks Coarse Grained Rocks Fine Grained Rocks Soft Rocks More Types of Rocks ROCKS COMPARE ROCKS! Find Your Rock! ▼ ▼ VS ▼ Extrusive Rocks »More Rhyolite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Trachyte Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Comendite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Shoshonite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Hard Rocks »More Granite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Sandstone Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Gabbro Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Quartzite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Plutonic Rocks »More Peridotite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Granodiorite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Dunite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Charnockite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Fossil Rocks »More Novaculite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Arkose Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Chalk Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Chert Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Soft Rocks »More Coal Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Mudstone Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Shale Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Marl Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Igneous Rocks »More Basalt Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Basaltic Trachyandesite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Blue Granite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Blueschist Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Compare Metamorphic Rocks »More Schist vs Migmatite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Serpentinite vs Gossan Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Whiteschist vs Gneiss Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Blueschist vs Talc carbonate Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More Compare Opaque Rocks »More Sandstone vs Tephrite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Schist vs Benmoreite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Gabbro vs Ignimbrite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types Rhyolite vs Icelandite Definition | Texture | Uses | Types » More What are Rocks? What are Rocks? They are the solid mineral materials forming part of the surface of Earth and are broadly categorized as Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks. Rocks make up mountains, hills, valleys, plains and they also form river and ocean beds. Rocks play an important role in our life as many minerals are derived from them. Rocks forming the ocean bed are rich source of crude oil and natural gas. Earth’s outermost solid layer known as lithosphere is made of all types of rocks. You can also get to know the list of Rocks Used for Monuments and Rocks Used for Sculpture . Here you can compare different rocks and get information about all types of rocks. All about Rocks We all come across rocks in our day to day life, be it a stone, pebble, sand or just mud. Rocks are also classified on the basis of their hardness which ranges from 1 to 10 on Moh's Hardness Scale as types of hard rocks, types of soft rocks and rocks with medium hardness. At comparerocks.com, know all about rocks and get to know Rocks with Less Maintenance and Rocks with More Maintenance . All types of rocks undergo formation and transformation process. Formation of rocks depends on cooling of lava and then transformation process takes place. Every rock has an individual property due to which it has its own unique uses. Rock Texture Rock texture refers to shape, arrangement and distribution of grains within the rock. Some common rock textures are crystalline, fragmental aphanitic and glassy. Crystalline texture- Texture in which crystals are interlocking and inter-grown. Fragmental texture- Texture in which particles are broken or irregular. Aphanitic texture- Texture in which crystals are not visible to naked eye. Share Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Reddit LinkedIn Google+ Email Let Others Know × Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Google+ Email WhatsApp Español português français Deutsche italiano Polskie हिंदी मराठी Dutch Română Tiếng Việt bahasa Indonesia Jawa Home About Contact Disclaimer Terms of Use © 2015-2020. A softUsvista venture!...