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A natural-occurring, solid mixture of minerals.  Rock is characterized by its formation type as either:
 
A natural-occurring, solid mixture of minerals.  Rock is characterized by its formation type as either:
  
  - [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sedimentary sedimentary]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sandstone sandstone], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=shale shale], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=limestone limestone], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gypsum gypsum]
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  - [[sedimentary|sedimentary]]: [[sandstone|sandstone]], [[shale|shale]], [[limestone|limestone]], [[gypsum|gypsum]]
  
  - [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=igneous igneous]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=granite granite], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=diorite diorite], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=basalt basalt]
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  - [[igneous|igneous]]: [[granite|granite]], [[diorite|diorite]], [[basalt|basalt]]
  
  - [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=metamorphic metamorphic]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gneiss gneiss], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mica mica], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=quartzite quartzite], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=marble marble], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=slate slate]
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  - [[metamorphic|metamorphic]]: [[gneiss|gneiss]], [[mica|mica]], [[quartzite|quartzite]], [[marble|marble]], [[slate|slate]]
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 11:54, 10 May 2016

MFA Acc. #: 2000.1302

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

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