# name series: rocks # prepared by Andrew Main (Zefram) 2006-02-02 # # This list is intended to support a naming scheme in which computers # or other objects are named after types of rock. # See for more information. # # Below is a list of types of rock. Only monomial names are included. # # The list is derived from . # # There are 101 lines, sorted alphabetically. # amphibolite andesite anorthosite aplite arkose basalt basanite blueschist breccia carbonatite charnockite chert clay coal concretion conglomerate coquina dacite diabase diatomite diorite dolomite dunite eclogite epidiorite epidosite essexite evaporite flint foidolite gabbro geode gneiss granite granodiorite granophyre granulite greenschist greenstone greywacke harzburgite hornblendite hornfels ignimbrite ijolite jasperoid jaspillite kimberlite komatiite lamproite lamprophyre latite lherzolite limestone luxullianite marble marl migmatite monzonite mudstone mylonite nephelinite norite novaculite obsidian ophiolite pegmatite peridotite phonolite phyllite picrite porphyry pseudotachylyte pumice pyroxenite quartzite rhyodacite rhyolite sand sandstone schist scoria serpentinite shale siltstone skarn slate syenite tachylyte taconite tephrite theralite tonalite trachyte troctolite trondhjemite tuffite turbidite wackestone websterite wehrlite