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Revision as of 17:03, 1 May 2016
Description
A natural-occurring, solid mixture of minerals. Rock is characterized by its formation type as either:
- sedimentary: sandstone, shale, limestone, gypsum
- igneous: granite, diorite, basalt
- metamorphic: gneiss, mica, quartzite, marble, slate
Synonyms and Related Terms
stone; rocha (Port.)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998