Rocks

Rocks

1. Igneous

   • volcanic
   • granite
     • cooled slowly
       • large crystals
     • balck/grey - pink
     • building industry/monuments
     • Mourne + Wicklow mountains
   • basalt
     • cooled quickly
       • tiny crystals
     • dark grey-black
     • Antrim-Derry pleateau
       • The Giant's Causeway

2. Sedimentary

   • organic/rock remains
   • limestone
     • sea creatures
       • fossils
     • white-grey
     • permeable
     • The Burren Co.Clare
     • uses
       • monuments
       • cement
       • improve soil fertility
   • sandstone
     • sand
     • brown-red
     • building
     • location
       • Magillicudy's Reeks
       • the Galtees
       • Comeraghs

3. Metamorphic

   • pressure + heat
   • marble
     • limestone
     • white, green, black, red
     • hard + crystals
     • fireplaces, gravestones
     • location
       • Rathlin island
         • white
       • Connemara
         • green
       • Cork
         • red
   • quartzite
     • sandstone
     • grey-white
     • extremely hard
     • locations
       • Croagh Patrick
         • Co. Mayo
       • Errigal
         • Co. Donegal
       • Great Sugar Loaf
         • Co.Wicklow