List of rock types

This page is intended as a list of all rock types.

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A

Amphibolite

Andesite

Anorthosite

Anthracite

Aplite

Argillite

Arkose

B

Banded iron formation

Basalt

Basanite

Blueschist

Boninite

Breccia

C

Carbonatite

Cataclasite

Chalk

Charnockite

Chert

Claystone

Coal

Conglomerate

Coquina

D

Dacite

Diabase

Diatomite

Diamictite

Diorite

Dolerite

Dolomite

Dunite

E

Eclogite

Epidiorite

Epidosite

Essexite

Evaporite

F

Felsite

Flint

Foidolite

G

Gabbro

Ganister

Gneiss

Gossan

Granite

Granodiorite

Granophyre

Granulite

Greywacke

Greenschist

Greenstone

Gritstone

Gypsum

H

Harzburgite

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Hyaloclastite

I

Ignimbrite

Ijolite

J

Jadeitite

Jasperoid

Jaspillite

K

Kimberlite

Komatiite

L

Lamproite

Lamprophyre

Larvikite

Latite

Lignite

Litchfieldite

Lherzolite

Limestone

Luxullianite

M

Marble

Marl

Migmatite

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mudstone

Mylonite

N

Nepheline syenite

Nephelinite

Norite

Novaculite

O

Obsidian

Oil shale

Oolite

P

Pegmatite

Pelite

Peridotite

Phonolite

Phyllite

Picrite

Porphyry

Psammite

Pseudotachylite

Pumice

Pyroclastic rock

Pyroxenite

Q

Quartzite

Quartz diorite

Quartz monzonite

R

Rapakivi granite

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

Rhomb porphyry

S

Sandstone

Schist

Scoria

Serpentinite

Shale

Siltstone

Skarn

Slate

Soapstone

Syenite

T

Tachylyte

Taconite

Tephrite

Theralite

Tonalite

Trachyte

Troctolite

Trondhjemite

Tuff

Turbidite

U

V

Variolite

W

Wackestone

Websterite

Wehrlite

X

Y

Z

See also

• List of minerals
• List of stone
• Mineralogy
• Mineraloid
• Petrology
• Rock
• Rock formation: for a list of unusual or culturally significant rock outcrops.
• Metamorphic rock
• Igneous rock
• Sedimentary rock