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QUICK ACCESS
SELF TEST
Alphabetical Listing
Bowen's Reaction Series
Classification
Igneous Rock distribution
Composition/Texture Key
Color/Texture Key
OTHER SITES
Minerals
Sedimentary Rx
Metamorphic Rx
Plate Tectonic Primer
Wilson Cycle
Tectonic Rock Cycle
Geologic Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic
This material is copyrighted, but may be used by anyone for personal or education purposes as long as the source is acknowledged. For further information, please contact:
Lynn S. Fichter © 2000
(fichtels@jmu.edu) 
Department of Geology and Environmental Science
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
JMU Geology home page
College of Science and Mathematics
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ORGANIZATION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCK SITE
An Introduction to Igneous Rocks for the Beginner
A very simple igneous classification - pdf version for printing
Alphabetical Listing of Igneous Rocks - links to pictures/descriptions
Bowen's Reaction Series and Igneous Rock Forming Minerals
pdf version
Magma types - ultramafic, mafic, intermediate, felsic
Strategies of Igneous Rock Classification
Kinds of Classification - home page
Color-Texture Classification
Modal (mineral) classification
Normative (suite) Classification
Magma types - ultramafic, mafic, intermediate, felsic
Keys to Igneous Rock Identification - home page
Composition-Texture Key - pdf version
Color-Texture Key - pdf version
Igneous Rock Classification: Mineral Percent Abundance Chart
(with clickable images) - pdf version
Extrusive and Intrusive Igneous Rocks - home page
Volcanos and Extrusive Igneous Rocks
Batholiths, sills, dikes, and other Intrusive Igneous Rock bodies
Igneous rock recognition and identification
Igneous Rock Formation and Distribution
Igneous Rock Evolution - home page
Phase Diagrams - home page
Solid Solution Phase Diagram - eg plagioclase feldspars
Binary Eutectic Phase Diagram - eg the mafic minerals
Evolution and Distribution
Strategies for Studying -
Self Test - finding out how much you know
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