IGNEOUS ROCK CLASSIFICATION

"HOT" PICTURES: All rock pictures are "hot." Click for enlargement. MINERAL NAMES: All mineral names are clickable to see a sample. BOWEN'S REACTION SERIES: dentification Keys Igneous Home Page IGNEOUS ROCK DISTRIBUTION:

FELSIC

INTERMED

MAFIC

ULTRAMAFIC ULTRAMAFIC

80

80

Orthoclase
60

Quartz
i te B io t

60

Plagioclase

40

Pyroxene Olivine

40

20

20

Amphibole

GLASSY

VESICULAR

APHANERITIC PORPHORITIC PHANERITIC

The rocks to the left do not fit easily into the the chart above.